blindfold
verb/ˈblaɪndfəʊld/
/ˈblaɪndfəʊld/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blindfold | /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/ /ˈblaɪndfəʊld/ |
| he / she / it blindfolds | /ˈblaɪndfəʊldz/ /ˈblaɪndfəʊldz/ |
| past simple blindfolded | /ˈblaɪndfəʊldɪd/ /ˈblaɪndfəʊldɪd/ |
| past participle blindfolded | /ˈblaɪndfəʊldɪd/ /ˈblaɪndfəʊldɪd/ |
| -ing form blindfolding | /ˈblaɪndfəʊldɪŋ/ /ˈblaɪndfəʊldɪŋ/ |
- blindfold somebody to cover somebody’s eyes with a piece of cloth or other material so that they cannot see
- The hostages were tied up and blindfolded.
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).
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