First Known Use: 1533
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1blindfold
verb blind·fold \-ˌfōld\
: to cover the eyes of (a person) with a piece of cloth
Full Definition of BLINDFOLD
transitive verb
1
: to cover the eyes of with or as if with a bandage
2
: to hinder from seeing; especially : to keep from comprehension
— blindfold adjective
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Origin of BLINDFOLD
alteration of Middle English blindfellen, blindfelden to strike blind, blindfold, from blind + fellen to fell
Rhymes with BLINDFOLD
acold, age-old, ahold, all told, behold, bifold, billfold, black gold, blue mold, bread mold, choke hold, controlled, Cotswold, cuckold, eightfold, enfold, fanfold, fivefold, fool's gold, foothold, fourfold, freehold, gatefold, go gold, green mold, handhold, head cold, household, ice-cold, infold, knock cold, leaf mold, leasehold, make bold, ninefold, old gold, onefold, on hold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, scaffold, sheepfold, sixfold, slime mold, stokehold, stone-cold, stronghold, take hold, tenfold, threefold, threshold, toehold, twice-told, twofold, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold, white gold, whole-souled, withhold
2blindfold
noun
: a piece of cloth that covers the eyes
Full Definition of BLINDFOLD
1
: a bandage for covering the eyes
2
: something that obscures mental or physical vision
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First Known Use of BLINDFOLD
1715
BLINDFOLD Defined for Kids
1blindfold
verb blind·fold \ˈblīnd-ˌfōld\
blind·fold·edblind·fold·ing
Definition of BLINDFOLD for Kids
: to cover the eyes of with a piece of cloth
2blindfold
noun
Definition of BLINDFOLD for Kids
: a covering over the eyes
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