BLINDFOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blindfold mean? 

• BLINDFOLD (noun)
  The noun BLINDFOLD has 1 sense:

1. a cloth used to cover the eyes

  Familiarity information: BLINDFOLD used as a noun is very rare.

• BLINDFOLD (adjective)
  The adjective BLINDFOLD has 1 sense:

1. wearing a blindfold

  Familiarity information: BLINDFOLD used as an adjective is very rare.

• BLINDFOLD (verb)
  The verb BLINDFOLD has 1 sense:

1. cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing

  Familiarity information: BLINDFOLD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLINDFOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cloth used to cover the eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("blindfold" is a kind of...):

cloth covering (a covering made of cloth)

Derivation:

blindfold (cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing)

• BLINDFOLD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wearing a blindfold

Synonyms:

blindfold; blindfolded

Similar:

blind; unsighted (unable to see)

• BLINDFOLD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they blindfold    ... he / she / it blindfolds   
Past simple: blindfolded   
Past participle: blindfolded   
-ing form: blindfolding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover the eyes of (someone) to prevent him from seeing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the hostage was blindfolded and driven away

Hypernyms (to "blindfold" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to blindfold the prisoners

Derivation:

blindfold (a cloth used to cover the eyes)

 Context examples 

Blindfolding them made walking extremely difficult, causing them to stagger and stumble from side to side while assistants prevented them from falling.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

I nodded, and he went on:—I don't quite see the drift of it; but you people are all so good and kind, and have been working so earnestly and so energetically, that all I can do is to accept your ideas blindfold and try to help you.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

How many it had cost in the amassing, what blood and sorrow, what good ships scuttled on the deep, what brave men walking the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruelty, perhaps no man alive could tell.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When the researchers compared the two patients with unaffected volunteers, they found that blindfolding the young patients made it harder for them to reliably reach for an object in front of their faces than it was for the volunteers.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)

The Czarina Catherine made a phenomenally quick journey—so much so that Captain Donelson's suspicions were aroused; but his superstition united with his canniness played the Count's game for him, and he ran with his favouring wind through fogs and all till he brought up blindfold at Galatz.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)