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blindfold

Syllabification: (blind·fold)
Pronunciation: /ˈblīndˌfōld/
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Definition of blindfold

verb

[with object]
  • deprive (someone) of sight by tying a piece of cloth around the head so as to cover the eyes.

noun

  • a piece of cloth tied around the head to cover someone’s eyes.

adjective

literary
  • wearing a blindfold.
  • (of a game of chess) conducted without sight of board and pieces.

adverb

  • with a blindfold covering the eyes:the reporter was driven blindfold to meet the gangster
  • done with great ease and confidence, as if it could have been done wearing a blindfold:missing putts that he would normally hole blindfold

Origin:

mid 16th century: alteration, by association with fold1, of blindfeld, past participle of obsolete blindfell 'strike blind, blindfold', from Old English geblindfellan (see blind, fell2)

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