Wholesale Definition–noun | 1. | the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail ). | –adjective | 2. | of, pertaining to, or engaged in sale by wholesale. | | 3. | extensive; broadly indiscriminate: wholesale discharge of workers. | –adverb | 4. | in a wholesale way; on wholesale terms: I can get it for you wholesale. | | 5. | in large quantities; on a large scale, esp. without discrimination: Wild horses were slaughtered wholesale. | –verb (used with object), verb (used without object) |
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Blind Definition–adjective | 1. | unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man. | | 2. | unwilling or unable to perceive or understand: They were blind to their children's faults. He was blind to all arguments. | | 3. | not characterized or determined by reason or control: blind tenacity; blind chance. | | 4. | not having or based on reason or intelligence; absolute and unquestioning: She had blind faith in his fidelity. | | 5. | lacking all consciousness or awareness: a blind stupor. | | 7. | hard to see or understand: blind reasoning. | | 8. | hidden from immediate view, esp. from oncoming motorists: a blind corner. | | 9. | of concealed or undisclosed identity; sponsored anonymously: a blind ad signed only with a box number. | | 10. | having no outlets; closed at one end: a blind passage; a blind mountain pass. | | 11. | Architecture. (of an archway, arcade, etc.) having no windows, passageways, or the like. | | 12. | dense enough to form a screen: a blind hedge of privet. | | 13. | done without seeing; by instruments a
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lone: blind flying. | | 14. | made without some prior knowledge: a blind purchase; a blind lead in a card game. | | 15. | of or pertaining to an experimental design that prevents investigators or subjects from knowing the hypotheses or conditions being tested. | | 16. | of, pertaining to, or for blind persons. | | 17. | Bookbinding. (of a design, title, or the like) impressed into the cover or spine of a book by a die without ink or foil. | | 18. | Cookery. (of pastry shells) baked or fried without the filling. | | 19. | (of a rivet or other fastener) made so that the end inserted, though inaccessible, can be headed or spread. | –verb (used with object) | 20. | to make sightless permanently, temporarily, or momentarily, as by injuring, dazzling, bandaging the eyes, etc.: The explosion blinded him. We were blinded by the bright lights. | | 21. | to make obscure or dark: The room was blinded by heavy curtains. | | 22. | to deprive of discernment, reason, or judgment: a resentment that blinds his good sense. | | 23. | to outshine; eclipse: a radiance that doth blind the sun. | –noun | 24. | something that obstructs vision, as a blinker for a horse. | | 25. | a window covering having horizontal or vertical slats that can be drawn out of the way, often with the angle of the slats adjustable to admit varying amounts of light. | | 28. | a lightly built structure of brush or other growths, esp. one in which hunters conceal themselves: a duck blind. | | 29. | an activity, organization, or the like for concealing or masking action or purpose; subterfuge: The store was just a blind for their gambling operation. | | 31. | Slang. a bout of excessive drinking; drunken spree. | | 32. | Poker. a compulsory bet made without prior knowledge of one's hand. | | 33. | (used with a plural verb ) persons who lack the sense of sight (usually preceded by the): The blind are said to have an acute sense of hearing. | –adverb | 34. | into a stupor; to the degree at which consciousness is lost: He drank himself blind. | | 35. | without the ability to see clearly; lacking visibility; blindly: They were dri
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