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blinding

The correct spelling is blinding.

How to pronounce blinding

/ˈblaɪndɪŋ/
verb

IPA: /ˈblaɪndɪŋ/

Say it like: Bli-ndi-ng

The correct spelling is blinding. To make temporarily or permanently blind. For example: "Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?"

Usage Examples

Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?

blinding tears;  blinding snow

"How's it going?"  "Blinding, mate."

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To make temporarily or permanently blind.
  2. 2.To curse.
  3. 3.To darken; to obscure to the eye or understanding; to conceal.
  4. 4.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.

noun

  1. 1.The act of causing blindness.
  2. 2.A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
  3. 3.A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

adjective

  1. 1.Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
  2. 2.Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
  3. 3.Brilliant; marvellous.

adverb

  1. 1.To an extreme degree; blindingly.

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