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Definition of "blindfold" []

  • To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage. (verb-transitive)
  • To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending. (verb-transitive)
  • A bandage to cover the eyes. (noun)
  • Something that serves to obscure clear perception. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "blindfold" in a sentence
  • "If not they might buck until they get tired or rid themselves of the unwanted load when the blindfold is removed."
  • "When the blindfold is used, they fix their attention upon the bandage itself, and change the exercise into a game, which does not fulfil the end we have in view with the exercise."
  • "| Reply yeah, it was fake, the prankster starts moving before the blindfold is on …. that’s why its funny"