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blinding

/ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To make temporarily or permanently blind.
  2. To curse.
  3. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
  4. To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel, for example a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.
  5. The act of causing blindness.
  6. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
  7. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.
  8. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
  9. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
  10. Brilliant; marvellous.
  11. To an extreme degree; blindingly.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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