blindfold
47
2.5
- noun
- /ˈblaɪndfoʊld/
:
venda
- For the trust exercise, they placed a blindfold over her eyes and led her through the obstacle course.
- wear a blindfold
- remove a blindfold
- sighted participants with blindfolds
It is easy to get distracted so blindfolds are great.
- It is easy to get distracted so blindfolds are great.
- And then they start to cut open my clothes with scissors, stripped me naked completely except for my blindfold and my earplugs.
Examples
-
Another group member highlighted how the blindfold exercise fostered trust at an individual level.
Academic text (2001) -
At the appointed time, I show up in the classroom, blindfold in hand.
Academic text (1992) -
Let me know when I can remove this blindfold, okay?
-
Go ahead and take off your blindfold, Bill.
-
Let me get this blindfold off.
-
"That was what the blindfold was for - to keep me hidden.
-
All right, So, Drew, I'm going to have you remove the blindfold right now.
-
The operation was apparently successful, for when Zaynab took off her blindfold two weeks later, she immediately started to improve.
Fiction book (1996) -
Please put on your blindfolds and I will reveal who escaped the kitchen.
-
There, they will be free to remove their blindfolds and explore the corridors.
Synonyms
2
2.1
A cover for the eyes that blocks light for sleeping or hides your face at parties
1
3.4
A cover you wear over the eyes to protect them from injury or bright light
A soft cloth mask worn over the eyes to block light for sleeping
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blindfold is made from blind ('not able to see') + fold ('to fold over'), so the name is a picture of a cloth folded over the eyes. That is why a blindfold is the piece of cloth you put over someone's eyes to stop them seeing.