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blinding
[ blahyn-ding ]
noun
- a layer of sand or fine gravel for filling the gaps in the surfaces of a road or pavement, as one of crushed and compacted stone.
blinding
/ ˈɪԻɪŋ /
noun
- sand or grit spread over a road surface to fill up cracks
- the process of laying blinding
- Also calledmattress a layer of concrete made with little cement spread over soft ground to seal it so that reinforcement can be laid on it
adjective
- making one blind or as if blind
blinding snow
- most noticeable; brilliant or dazzling
a blinding display of skill
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ徱Բ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·ԻiԲ adjective
- ԴDz·ԻiԲ·ly adverb
- ܲ·ԻiԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
I’d walk out of those doors, my eyes adjusting to the sun, and feel a blinding sense of clarity.
Inky black water surrounds him as a blinding light focuses on his body, making his pale skin glow like a marble statue.
The thought of Jérémie sleeping in his bed, close to his mother, enrages Vincent, who brings Jérémie into the woods to fight in the privacy of the tall trees and their blinding fall foliage.
Meanwhile, Snow White’s signature costume is so brightly saturated that it’s blinding; it appears especially bizarre when she tromps around the woods with a hoodie-clad Jonathan and his troupe of merry Brooklyn bicycle messengers.
A blinding moment when nothing was the same again.
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