adj. 1
Unable to see, or only partially able to see.
Braille is a writing system for the blind.
adj. 2
Failing to recognize, acknowledge or perceive.
Authors are blind to their own defects.
n. 1
A movable covering for a window to keep out light, made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
v. 1
To make temporarily or permanently blind.
The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.

Related words

Word family: blind-copy blindfish blind-fly blindfold blindhood blindly blindsight blindworm
Phrases: blind drunk blind alley blind spot blind carbon copy blind gut blind man's buff blind pig blind tiger

Forms

Plural: blinds → screens, subterfuges, curtains, ruses…
Past participle: blinded
e.g. blinded → dimmed, hood-winked, dazzled, dazed…

Blind or Ruse?

A ruse or a blind may be quite innocent and harmless.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: dim¹
4 letters: dark¹, mask¹, veil¹, ruse¹, daze¹
5 letters: cover², drunk¹, trick¹, shade¹, cloak¹, muddy², feint¹
6 letters: screen¹, stoned¹, dazzle², blotto
7 letters: obscure², curtain², pretext², blinker, eyeless²
8 letters: disguise², pretense², pretence, artifice³, heedless, unseeing, purblind, rollsign
9 letters: oblivious⁴, blindfold², stratagem³, sightless, pixilated, unsighted
10 letters: mechanical⁴, irrational⁴, subterfuge³
11 letters: unconscious³, involuntary⁵, blindfolded³, unreasoning³, colourblind
12 letters: undiscerning, unperceptive, unperceiving
13 letters: inconsiderate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cover² = 2 syllables).