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blindfold

Syllables: blind·foldUK/ˈblaɪndfəʊld//ˈblaɪ̯ndfɔʊ̯ld/

blindfold noun: a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.

Noun

blindfold (plural blindfolds)

  1. A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
    • I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him.
  2. (figuratively, sometimes) Anything that obscures the vision.

Adjective

blindfold (not comparable)

  1. Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
  2. Thoughtless; reckless.

Adverb

blindfold (not comparable)

  1. With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision.
    • They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blind-fold, draws out a portion.1779, James Robertson, edited by John Sinclair, Statistical Account of Scotland, volume 11, page 620
    • The commuters from the suburbs come unencumbered with luggage, children and prams, and can almost be relied upon to find their way blindfold to their trains.1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 258
  2. (figuratively) Blindly; without due thought or caution.

Verb

blindfold (third-person singular simple present blindfolds, present participle blindfolding, simple past and past participle blindfolded)

  1. To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
    • Children need to be blindfolded before they hit the piñata.
  2. To obscure understanding or comprehension.

blindfold meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

blindfold in Tamil

கண்மூடித்தனமான, கருத்தற்ற, மடத்தனமான

blindfold in Urdu

پٹی باندھنا

blindfold in Bengali

চোখ বেঁধে দেওয়া, সত্য দেখতে বাধা দেওয়া

blindfold in Malayalam

കണ്ണുകെട്ടപ്പെട്ട
More languagesFewer languages
blindfold in Kannada
ಕಣ್ಣುಕಟ್ಟು
blindfold in Tagalog
piring
blindfold in Arabic
غَمَّى ḡammā
blindfold in Indonesian
penutup mata

Forms of blindfold

Noun
pluralblindfolds
Verb
third-person singular presentblindfolds
present participleblindfolding
past participleblindfolded
pastblindfolded

Past tense of blindfold: blindfolded

Plural of blindfold: blindfolds

Origin of blindfold

From Middle English blyndefolde, blyndfuld, blynfold, blindfeld, blindfelt, yblynfeld, variants of y-blyndfalled, blyndfelled, etc. ("stricken blind, blindfolded"), past participle of Middle English blindfellen (“to strike blind”), from blind (“to blind”) and fellen (“to fell”), equivalent to blind + felled. Later influenced by the unrelated verb fold.

Words formed from blindfold

Questions about blindfold

What does blindfold mean?
Blindfold means a covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
What is blindfold in Tamil?
Blindfold in Tamil is கண்மூடித்தனமான, கருத்தற்ற, மடத்தனமான. See Blindfold meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blindfold?
Blindfold can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb or a verb.
How do you pronounce blindfold?
Blindfold is pronounced /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/ (UK).
What is the plural of blindfold?
The plural of blindfold is blindfolds.

Words near blindfold in the dictionary

  1. blinders
  2. blindest
  3. blindeth
  4. blindfish
  5. blindfishes
  6. blindfold
  7. blindfold chess
  8. blindfolded
  9. blindfoldedly
  10. blindfoldedness
  11. blindfoldee

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: blindfold (page history and authors); blindfold (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blindfold (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blindfold (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blindfold (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blindfold (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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