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blinds

/blaɪndz/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
  2. A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.
  3. Any device intended to conceal or hide.
  4. Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.
  5. A blindage.
  6. A halting place.
  7. To make temporarily or permanently blind.
  8. To curse.
  9. To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
  10. 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.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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