blind man
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- noun
- /blaɪnd mæn/
:
hombre ciego
- In a well-known fable, several blind men are asked to describe an elephant.
In real life, he was, you know, a little almost blind man who got sick a lot.
- In real life, he was, you know, a little almost blind man who got sick a lot.
- They stole a MacBook off a blind man.
- He becomes at one point the friend of a blind man and they he serves this blind man and they become very friendly.
- If you only had one blind man feeling the elephant, it's a wall.
- Some Andrea Bocelli, but solid blind man right there.
- Oh, I see, said the blind man.
Examples
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The tap-tap-tapping of the blind man's stick scared Billy Bones to death.
Fiction book (1998) -
Pew: Could any kind soul take pity on this poor blind man and tell me where I am?
Fiction book (1998) -
People can Google the the blind man who taught himself to see.
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In real life, he was, you know, a little almost blind man who got sick a lot.
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A blind man could see you are the one in the dark.
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No, I'm just your average blind man.
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One foggy night, an old blind man came to the inn.
Fiction book (1998) -
But as they begin to leave, the blind man calls out to the townspeople that he is being robbed.
Academic text (2006) -
Tarrant reached down, hesitated, then took hold of the blind man's arm and shoulder.
Fiction book (1997) -
The charity organized an event to raise funds for a blind man living in the community.
Antonyms
How Sighted
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a man who cannot see or whose eyes are covered' is directly derivable from combining the adjective 'blind' (without visual perception) with the noun 'man' (adult male). This simple modifier-noun composition follows a common cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Blind man simply means a man who is blind. Imagine someone using a cane or a guide dog to move around, and that clear image shows why it means 'a man who cannot see'.