--- title: B — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 30 description: The 1119 words of the English dictionary under B, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / B # B — The English dictionary · page 30 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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[40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/40/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) **bleat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The shaky «baa» sound a sheep, lamb or goat makes.[↗](../../bleat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make that sound.[↗](../../bleat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To complain in a weak, whining way, as in «stop bleating about it».[↗](../../bleat/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lambs bleated for their mothers.[↗](../../bleat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the bleat of a goat in the field.[↗](../../bleat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A sheep bleats, a dog barks and a cow moos.[↗](../../bleat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The little lamb gave a sad bleat.[↗](../../bleat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop bleating about your homework and just do it\![↗](../../bleat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../bleat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The goats bleated when the farmer brought hay.[↗](../../bleat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He bleated that it was not fair.[↗](../../bleat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samuel said: 'What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?'[↗](../../bleat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.15.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bleat/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **bleed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lose blood from the body, because of a cut or injury.[↗](../../bleed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Of colours, to spread into each other or onto other things, like dye bleeding in the wash.[↗](../../bleed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To let air or liquid out of something, as in bleeding a radiator (usually an adult's job).[↗](../../bleed/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My knee started to bleed when I fell.[↗](../../bleed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Press on the cut to stop it bleeding.[↗](../../bleed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His nose bled after he was hit by the ball.[↗](../../bleed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gums can bleed if you brush too hard.[↗](../../bleed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't wash red socks with white clothes — the colour may bleed.[↗](../../bleed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A small cut bleeds for a few minutes, then a scab forms.[↗](../../bleed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Call for help if someone is bleeding a lot.[↗](../../bleed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The paint bled into the wet paper.[↗](../../bleed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Her stepmother sent her out every day to sit by the well in the high road, there to spin until she made her fingers bleed.[↗](../../bleed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **bleeding** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Bleeding is losing blood from a cut, wound or injury.[↗](../../bleeding/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Bleeding (noun) is the flow of blood from the body.[↗](../../bleeding/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Bleeding (of colours) means spreading from one area into another, like wet paint or dye.[↗](../../bleeding/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Bleeding (British, informal and rude) is used to make a statement stronger.[↗](../../bleeding/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His knee was bleeding after he fell.[↗](../../bleeding/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Press on the cut to stop the bleeding.[↗](../../bleeding/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · For a nosebleed, lean forward and pinch your nose.[↗](../../bleeding/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bleeding stopped after a few minutes.[↗](../../bleeding/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Call for help if someone is bleeding badly.[↗](../../bleeding/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The red dye was bleeding into the white shirt.[↗](../../bleeding/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The next moment the poor hawk lay bleeding and dying at its master's feet.[↗](../../bleeding/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bleep** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A short, high electronic sound, like from a machine or phone.[↗](../../bleep/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To make such a sound.[↗](../../bleep/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cover a rude word on TV or radio with a bleep sound.[↗](../../bleep/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK) To call someone, such as a doctor, using a pager.[↗](../../bleep/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The microwave gave a bleep when the food was ready.[↗](../../bleep/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The heart monitor bleeped steadily.[↗](../../bleep/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They bleeped out the rude word on TV.[↗](../../bleep/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My watch bleeps every hour.[↗](../../bleep/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The nurse bleeped the doctor.[↗](../../bleep/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · What the bleep was that?[↗](../../bleep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (a polite way to avoid swearing)[↗](../../bleep/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **bleeping** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (euphemism) a word used instead of a swear word: «that bleeping dog».[↗](../../bleeping/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (literal) making short high sounds, like a machine.[↗](../../bleeping/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Where are my bleeping keys?[↗](../../bleeping/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bleeping printer is broken again.[↗](../../bleeping/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The machine kept bleeping all night.[↗](../../bleeping/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · TV bleeps out swear words.[↗](../../bleeping/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Joke: «Bleeping heck!»[↗](../../bleeping/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rough talk: «Shut the bleeping door!»[↗](../../bleeping/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **blemish** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A flaw, mark or fault that spoils how something looks or is.[↗](../../blemish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.[↗](../../blemish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blemish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blemish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish; (Torah NUM.29.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blemish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou hast made an end of purifying it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.[↗](../../blemish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.43.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blemish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And the burnt-offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD shall be in the sabbath day six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; (Prophets EZK.46.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blemish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt prepare a lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering unto the LORD daily; morning by morning shalt thou prepare it.[↗](../../blemish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.46.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blemish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **blemished** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Having a fault or flaw, a physical defect.[↗](../../blemished/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **blend** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To blend is to mix two or more things together so they become one.[↗](../../blend/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A blend is a mixture of different things.[↗](../../blend/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To blend in is to look or sound like the things around you so you are not noticed.[↗](../../blend/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In phonics, a blend is two or three letters said together quickly, like «bl», «st» or «str».[↗](../../blend/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Blend the sounds to read the word: s-u-n, sun.[↗](../../blend/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Blend the bananas and milk to make a smoothie.[↗](../../blend/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chameleon blends in with the leaves.[↗](../../blend/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Blend the blue and yellow paint to make green.[↗](../../blend/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Bl» in «black» is a blend.[↗](../../blend/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · This tea is a blend of three kinds of leaves.[↗](../../blend/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The new girl soon blended in with the class.[↗](../../blend/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Use your finger to blend the chalk colours.[↗](../../blend/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And so they sang together, but their voices did not blend, for the real Nightingale sang in her way and the clockwork bird sang waltzes.[↗](../../blend/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Now, he knew that his version of the Sefer Yetzirah contained many mistakes, that ignorant people had blended the original and an early commen- tary"), and consequently the original text did not exist.[↗](../../blend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../blend/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **blender** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A blender is an electric kitchen machine with sharp spinning blades that mixes and chops food into a smooth liquid, like a smoothie or soup.[↗](../../blender/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A blender is also anything or anyone that blends or mixes things.[↗](../../blender/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made a banana smoothie in the blender.[↗](../../blender/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the lid on before you switch on the blender.[↗](../../blender/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Never put your fingers near the blender blades.[↗](../../blender/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Unplug the blender before you wash it.[↗](../../blender/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad blended the soup until it was smooth.[↗](../../blender/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The blender was very noisy.[↗](../../blender/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister uses a stick blender for baby food.[↗](../../blender/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **bless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader.[↗](../../bless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Bless you!» is what people say when someone sneezes.[↗](../../bless/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be blessed with something means to be lucky to have it («blessed with good health»).[↗](../../bless/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «Bless him/her» or «bless» is said (mainly UK) to show love or sympathy for someone small or sweet.[↗](../../bless/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* To ask God to protect someone or bring them good.[↗](../../bless/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Atchoo!»[↗](../../bless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") «Bless you!»[↗](../../bless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The priest blessed the new baby.[↗](../../bless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We are blessed with lovely neighbours.[↗](../../bless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma always says «God bless» at bedtime.[↗](../../bless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, bless him, he's fallen asleep in his dinner.[↗](../../bless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The vicar blessed the animals at the pet service.[↗](../../bless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Losing the match was a blessing in disguise; we trained harder.[↗](../../bless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain was a blessing for the dry farms.[↗](../../bless/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; (Torah NUM.6.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bless/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.[↗](../../bless/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bless/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.[↗](../../bless/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bless/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Blessed be the LORD for evermore.[↗](../../bless/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.89.53, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bless/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Bless the LORD, O my soul.[↗](../../bless/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bless/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then David returned to bless his household.[↗](../../bless/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.6.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../bless/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD bless thee, and keep thee;[↗](../../bless/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.6.24, JPS 1917) · "Bless gracious, honey, dat he didn't.[↗](../../bless/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings) · And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.'[↗](../../bless/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.25, JPS 1917) **blessedly** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a lucky or fortunate way; fortunately.[↗](../../blessedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Presumably, the anatomy of slaughtered livestock would have been fairly familiar to many writers and readers of the time, while blessedly few indeed would have had first-hand knowledge of human innards.\][↗](../../blessedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") Like what did He make them?[↗](../../blessedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (A city) \[strife\].[↗](../../blessedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../blessedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **blessest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «blessest» means «you bless», a form of «bless».[↗](../../blessest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader.[↗](../../blessest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **blesseth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «blesseth» means «blesses», a form of «bless».[↗](../../blesseth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To bless means to ask God to protect someone or something or bring them good, often by a priest or religious leader.[↗](../../blesseth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.[↗](../../blesseth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.29, JPS 1917) · Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, and cursed be every one that curseth thee.[↗](../../blesseth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.24.9, JPS 1917) · And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God after the measure of the freewill-offering of thy hand, which thou shalt give, according as the LORD thy God blesseth thee.[↗](../../blesseth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.16.10, JPS 1917) **blessing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A blessing is a prayer asking God to protect and do good to someone or something, or God's favour itself; Christians believe blessings come from God.[↗](../../blessing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A blessing is something good that you are glad and thankful for.[↗](../../blessing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A blessing is permission or approval, as in «with my parents' blessing».[↗](../../blessing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A blessing in disguise is something that seems bad at first but turns out good.[↗](../../blessing/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The priest gave a blessing at the end of the service.[↗](../../blessing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We say a blessing before dinner.[↗](../../blessing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Good friends are a real blessing.[↗](../../blessing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Missing the bus was a blessing in disguise, because we met Grandma on the way.[↗](../../blessing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She married him with her father's blessing.[↗](../../blessing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Count your blessings: you have a home and people who love you.[↗](../../blessing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A big dog in a small flat is a mixed blessing.[↗](../../blessing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Some men underrate their best blessings.[↗](../../blessing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse: (Torah DEU.11.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blessing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him.[↗](../../blessing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.41, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blessing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing.'[↗](../../blessing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blessing/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Salvation belongeth unto the LORD; Thy blessing be upon Thy people.[↗](../../blessing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blessing/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and toil addeth nothing thereto.[↗](../../blessing/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.10.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blessing/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He shall receive a blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.[↗](../../blessing/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.24.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blessing/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **blest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old form of «blessed») Given good luck, favour or happiness, often by heaven.[↗](../../blest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Blest be the day," said the old king.[↗](../../blest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was blest with a kind heart.[↗](../../blest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer was blest with a good harvest.[↗](../../blest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **bleu** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (French) «Bleu» means «blue»: «le ciel bleu» = the blue sky.[↗](../../bleu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It sounds roughly like «bluh» (lips rounded), and it is not an English word.[↗](../../bleu/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (cooking) In English menus, «bleu» or «blue» describes a steak cooked very rare, only seared outside.[↗](../../bleu/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Cordon bleu» means top-class cooking, and «bleu cheese» is an American spelling of «blue cheese».[↗](../../bleu/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In French, «bleu» means blue.[↗](../../bleu/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Mon sac est bleu» means «My bag is blue».[↗](../../bleu/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The French flag is «bleu, blanc, rouge».[↗](../../bleu/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Une voiture bleue» has an extra e because «voiture» is feminine.[↗](../../bleu/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad likes his steak «bleu», almost raw.[↗](../../bleu/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She trained as a cordon bleu chef.[↗](../../bleu/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The menu said «bleu cheese dressing».[↗](../../bleu/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **blight** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A disease or damage that spoils plants or crops so they cannot grow well.[↗](../../blight/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something that spoils or ruins a place or a life.[↗](../../blight/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A blight destroyed the potato crop.[↗](../../blight/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The drought and blight left the fields brown.[↗](../../blight/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bad weather can be a blight on a village.[↗](../../blight/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **blighted** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Spoiled, damaged or ruined, especially by disease, bad weather or bad luck.[↗](../../blighted/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The blighted apples fell to the ground.[↗](../../blighted/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wet summer left the fields blighted.[↗](../../blighted/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Their hopes were blighted by the flood.[↗](../../blighted/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **blimey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, informal) a cry of surprise, shock or amazement, like «wow!» or «goodness!».[↗](../../blimey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (euphemism, origin) a softened form of the old oath «God blind me».[↗](../../blimey/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Blimey, look at the size of that dog\![↗](../../blimey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Blimey, is that the time already?[↗](../../blimey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «It costs how much?[↗](../../blimey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") Blimey!»[↗](../../blimey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cor blimey, it's freezing out there.[↗](../../blimey/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Blimey, Charlie, you've grown\![↗](../../blimey/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The answer was 1,000?[↗](../../blimey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Blimey, I wrote 100.[↗](../../blimey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Blimey O'Reilly, what a mess\![↗](../../blimey/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **blind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Blind means not able to see.[↗](../../blind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To blind someone is to stop them seeing, for a short time or for ever.[↗](../../blind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The bright light blinded me.[↗](../../blind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A blind is a covering that you pull down over a window to keep out light.[↗](../../blind/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Blind to something means not noticing it: blind to his mistakes.[↗](../../blind/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The blind man walked with a guide dog.[↗](../../blind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Braille helps blind people read.[↗](../../blind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Close the blinds, the sun is in my eyes.[↗](../../blind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bright light blinded me for a moment.[↗](../../blind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moles are almost blind.[↗](../../blind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We played blind man's buff with a blindfold.[↗](../../blind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher turned a blind eye to our talking.[↗](../../blind/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Drivers have a blind spot behind the car.[↗](../../blind/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way.[↗](../../blind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.[↗](../../blind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And the LORD said unto him: 'Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?[↗](../../blind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.4.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Who is blind, but My servant?[↗](../../blind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blind/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see.[↗](../../blind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.42.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blind/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And when ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it no evil\![↗](../../blind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MAL.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../blind/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/20/) … [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/29/) **30** [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/31/) … [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/40/) … [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/page/59/) - ← previous: [page 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