Blind vs. Louver

Blindadjective

Unable to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

Louvernoun

A type of turret on the roof of certain medieval buildings designed to allow ventilation or the admission of light.

Blindadjective

Unable to be used to see, due to physiological or neurological factors.

Louvernoun

A series of sloping overlapping slats or boards which admit air and light but exclude rain etc.

Blindadjective

(comparable) Failing to see, acknowledge, perceive.

‘The lovers were blind to each other's faults.’; ‘Authors are blind to their own defects.’;

Louvernoun

Any of a system of slits, as in the hood of an automobile, for ventilation.

Blindadjective

(not comparable) Of a place, having little or no visibility.

‘a blind path; a blind ditch; a blind corner’;

Louvernoun

A small lantern. See Lantern, 2 (a).

Blindadjective

(not comparable) Closed at one end; having a dead end

‘a blind gut’;

Louvernoun

Same as louver boards, below

Blindadjective

(not comparable) Having no openings for light or passage.

‘a blind wall, a blind alley’;

Louvernoun

A set of slats resembling louver boards, arranged in a vertical row and attached at each slat end to a frame inserted in or part of a door or window; the slats may be made of wood, plastic, or metal, and the angle of inclination of the slats may be adjustable simultaneously, to allow more or less light or air into the enclosure.

Blindadjective

smallest or slightest in phrases such as

‘I shouted, but he didn't take a blind bit of notice.’; ‘We pulled and pulled, but it didn't make a blind bit of difference.’;

Louvernoun

To supply with louvers.

Blindadjective

(not comparable) without any prior knowledge.

‘He took a blind guess at which fork in the road would take him to the airport.’;

Louvernoun

one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain

Blindadjective

(not comparable) unconditional; without regard to evidence, logic, reality, accidental mistakes, extenuating circumstances, etc.

‘blind deference’; ‘blind justice’; ‘blind punishment’;

Louver

A louver (American English) or louvre (British English; see spelling differences) is a window blind or shutter with horizontal slats that are angled to admit light and air, but to keep out rain and direct sunshine. The angle of the slats may be adjustable, usually in blinds and windows, or fixed.

Blindadjective

Unintelligible or illegible.

‘a blind passage in a book; blind writing’;

Blindadjective

(horticulture) Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit.

‘blind buds; blind flowers’;

Blindnoun

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.

Blindnoun

A destination sign mounted on a public transport vehicle displaying the route destination, number, name and/or via points, etc.

Blindnoun

Any device intended to conceal or hide.

‘a duck blind’;

Blindnoun

Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

Blindnoun

(military) A blindage.

Blindnoun

A halting place.

Blindnoun

No score.

Blindnoun

(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

‘The blinds are $10/$20 and the ante is $1.’;

Blindnoun

(poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.

‘The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.’;

Blindnoun

(as a plural) Those who are blind, taken as a group.

‘Braille is a writing system for the blind.’;

Blindverb

(transitive) To make temporarily or permanently blind.

‘The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.’; ‘Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?’;

Blindverb

To curse.

Blindverb

To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.

Blindverb

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.

Blindadverb

Without seeing; unseeingly.

Blindadverb

Without looking at the cards dealt.

Blindadjective

Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight.

‘He that is strucken blind can not forgetThe precious treasure of his eyesight lost.’;

Blindadjective

Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects.

‘But hard be hardened, blind be blinded more,That they may stumble on, and deeper fall.’;

Blindadjective

Undiscerning; undiscriminating; inconsiderate.

‘This plan is recommended neither to blind approbation nor to blind reprobation.’;

Blindadjective

Having such a state or condition as a thing would have to a person who is blind; not well marked or easily discernible; hidden; unseen; concealed; as, a blind path; a blind ditch.

Blindadjective

Involved; intricate; not easily followed or traced.

‘The blind mazes of this tangled wood.’;

Blindadjective

Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut.

Blindadjective

Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing.

Blindadjective

Abortive; failing to produce flowers or fruit; as, blind buds; blind flowers.

Blindverb

To make blind; to deprive of sight or discernment.

‘A blind guide is certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater.’;

Blindverb

To deprive partially of vision; to make vision difficult for and painful to; to dazzle.

‘Her beauty all the rest did blind.’;

Blindverb

To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal; to deceive.

‘Such darkness blinds the sky.’; ‘The state of the controversy between us he endeavored, with all his art, to blind and confound.’;

Blindverb

To cover with a thin coating of sand and fine gravel; as a road newly paved, in order that the joints between the stones may be filled.

Blindnoun

Something to hinder sight or keep out light; a screen; a cover; esp. a hinged screen or shutter for a window; a blinder for a horse.

Blindnoun

Something to mislead the eye or the understanding, or to conceal some covert deed or design; a subterfuge.

Blindnoun

A blindage. See Blindage.

Blindnoun

A halting place.

Blindnoun

See Blende.

Blindnoun

people who have severe visual impairments;

‘he spent hours reading to the blind’;

Blindnoun

a hiding place sometimes used by hunters (especially duck hunters);

‘he waited impatiently in the blind’;

Blindnoun

something that keeps things out or hinders sight;

‘they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet’;

Blindnoun

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’;

Blindverb

render unable to see

Blindverb

make blind by putting the eyes out;

‘The criminals were punished and blinded’;

Blindverb

make dim by comparison or conceal

Blindadjective

unable to see

Blindadjective

unable or unwilling to perceive or understand;

‘blind to a lover's faults’; ‘blind to the consequences of their actions’;

Blindadjective

not based on reason or evidence;

‘blind hatred’; ‘blind faith’; ‘unreasoning panic’;

Blindadjective

unable to see because of injury, disease, or a congenital condition

‘guide dogs for the blind’; ‘he was blind in one eye’; ‘a blind man with a stick’;

Blindadjective

(of an action, especially a test or experiment) done without being able to see or without having relevant information

‘a blind tasting of eight wines’;

Blindadjective

(of flying) using instruments only

‘blind landings during foggy conditions’;

Blindadjective

lacking perception, awareness, or judgement

‘she was blind to the realities of her position’; ‘a blind acceptance of the status quo’;

Blindadjective

not controlled by reason

‘they left in blind panic’;

Blindadjective

not governed by purpose

‘a world of blind chance’;

Blindadjective

(of a corner or bend in a road) impossible to see round

‘two trucks collided on a blind curve in the road’;

Blindadjective

(of a door or window) walled up

‘fresco paintings on the blind windows’;

Blindadjective

closed at one end

‘a blind pipe’;

Blindadjective

not the slightest (used in emphatic expressions)

‘this declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers’;

Blindadjective

(of a plant) without buds, eyes, or terminal flowers

‘planting too shallowly is the most common cause of bulbs coming up blind’;

Blindverb

cause (someone) to be unable to see, permanently or temporarily

‘her eyes were blinded with scalding tears’; ‘the injury temporarily blinded him’;

Blindverb

deprive (someone) of understanding, judgement, or perception

‘he was blinded by his faith’; ‘somehow Clare and I were blinded to the truth’;

Blindverb

confuse or overawe someone with (something they do not understand)

‘they try to blind you with science’;

Blindverb

move very fast and dangerously

‘I could see the bombs blinding along above the roof tops’;

Blindnoun

a screen for a window, especially one on a roller or made of slats

‘she pulled down the blinds’;

Blindnoun

an awning over a shop window.

Blindnoun

something designed to conceal one's real intentions

‘he phoned again from his own home: that was just a blind for his wife’;

Blindnoun

a camouflaged shelter used for observing or hunting wildlife

‘a duck blind’;

Blindnoun

a heavy drinking bout

‘he's off on a blind again’;

Blindadverb

without being able to see clearly

‘he was the first pilot in history to fly blind’; ‘wines were tasted blind’;

Blindadverb

without having all the relevant information; unprepared

‘he was going into the interview blind’;

Blindadverb

(of a stake in poker or brag) put up by a player before the cards dealt are seen.