blindfold
adverb/ˈblaɪndfəʊld/
/ˈblaɪndfəʊld/
(British English) (also blindfolded British English, North American English)
- with the eyes covered
- The reporter was taken blindfold to a secret location.
- I knew the way home blindfold (= because it was so familiar).
- I could do that blindfold (= very easily, with no problems).
Word Originmid 16th cent.: alteration, by association with the verb fold, of blindfeld, past participle of obsolete blindfell ‘strike blind, blindfold’, from Old English geblindfellan (see blind and the verb fell).Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
blindfold