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blinding

[ blahyn-ding ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. sand or grit spread over a road surface to fill up cracks
  2. the process of laying blinding
  3. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. making one blind or as if blind

    blinding snow

  2. most noticeable; brilliant or dazzling

    a blinding display of skill

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԻ徱Բ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDz·ԻiԲ adjective
  • ԴDz·ԻiԲ·ly adverb
  • ܲ·ԻiԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blinding1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; blind, -ing 1
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I’d walk out of those doors, my eyes adjusting to the sun, and feel a blinding sense of clarity.

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Inky black water surrounds him as a blinding light focuses on his body, making his pale skin glow like a marble statue.

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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.

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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.

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A blinding moment when nothing was the same again.

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