blind

people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group; "he spent hours reading to the blind"

a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters); "he waited impatiently in the blind"

a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"

render unable to see

make blind by putting the eyes out; "The criminals were punished and blinded"

make dim by comparison or conceal

unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan

unable or unwilling to perceive or understand; "blind to a lover's faults"; "blind to the consequences of their actions"

not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"