Blindfold
['blaɪn(d)fəʊld] or ['blaɪndfold]
Definition
(noun.) a cloth used to cover the eyes.
(verb.) cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing; 'the hostage was blindfolded and driven away'.
(adj.) wearing a blindfold .
Typed by Alice--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To cover the eyes of, as with a bandage; to hinder from seeing.
(a.) Having the eyes covered; blinded; having the mental eye darkened. Hence: Heedless; reckless; as, blindfold zeal; blindfold fury.
Typist: Randall
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (by a bandage over the eyes).
a. Blinded (by a bandage over the eyes), blindfolded.
Edited by Helen
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a woman to dream that she is blindfolded, means that disturbing elements are rising around to distress and trouble her. Disappointment will be felt by others through her.
Edited by Jonathan
Examples
- I committed one error in trusting myself to such a blindfold calculation of chances as this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- For a trifling wager, I think I could find any Animal in him, blindfold, Mr Boffin. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sounding blindfold, at my first attempt--at that first attempt I had sounded right! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was here that they blindfolded him and struck him, and said in derision, Prophesy who it is that smote thee. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My dear Rachel, they blindfolded me before I could see their faces. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Finally I took out my bandanna--the style of handkerchief in universal use then--and with this blindfolded my horse. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Wade