blindfold
Blindfold is defined as to cover someone's eyes with cloth so the person cannot see.
(verb)If you kidnap someone and cover his eyes so he cannot see where you are going, this is an example of when youblindfold him.
The definition of a blindfold is a piece of cloth used to cover the eyes so that a person cannot see.
(noun)A piece of cloth that is put over the eyes of a kidnapping victim so he cannot see where he is being taken is an example of ablindfold.
See blindfold in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb
- to cover the eyes of with a cloth or bandage
- to hinder the sight or understanding of
Origin: altered (infl. by fold) < ME blindfeld, struck blind, pp. of blindfellen < OE (ge)blindfellian: see blind + fell
noun
- a cloth used to cover the eyes
- anything that hinders the sight or understanding
adjective
- with the eyes covered
- reckless; heedless
adverb
- blindly
- recklessly; heedlessly
See blindfold in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb blind·fold·ed, blind·fold·ing, blind·folds
- To cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage.
- To prevent from seeing and especially from comprehending.
- A bandage to cover the eyes.
- Something that serves to obscure clear perception.
Origin:
Origin: From Middle English blindfolde
Origin: , past participle of blindfellen, to strike blind, cover the eyes
Origin: , from Old English geblindfellian
Origin: : blind, blind; see blind
Origin: + fellian, to strike down
.Related Forms:
- blindˈfoldˌed adjective
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