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blinding

/ˈblaɪndɪŋ/ verb

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  1. present participle and gerund of blind

adjective

  1. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
  2. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
    blinding tears; blinding snow
  3. Brilliant; marvellous.
    “How’s it going?” “Blinding, mate.”

adverb

  1. To an extreme degree; blindingly.

noun

  1. The act of causing blindness.
  2. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
  3. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

Origin

By surface analysis, blind + -ing.

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