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adjust
Verb
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If you adjust something, you change it a little so that it fits or works better.
I had to adjust the cupboard door so that is would close easily.
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If you adjust, you change the way you behave or think to suit a new situation.
I had to adjust to the way of living here.
They found it hard adjusting to life in a new country.
a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
blind
Adjective
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If someone or something is blind, then it cannot see.
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If someone or something is blind, then they cannot see the truth about something.
blind
Verb
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To make temporarily or permanently blind.
The light was so bright that for a moment he was blinded.
Don't wave that pencil in my face - do you want to blind me?
blind
Noun
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A covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.
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Any device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.
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In poker a forced bet.
The player was in the big blind.
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An 1800s baseball term meaning no score.
blind
Adverb
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Without seeing; unseeingly.
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In three card brag, without looking at the cards dealt.