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Definition of 'eye'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) eye
the organ of sight; in vertebrates, one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull, along with its associated structures.

2.  eye
the visible parts of this organ, as the cornea, iris, and pupil, and the surrounding eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes.

3.  eye
this organ with respect to the color of the iris:
blue eyes.

4.  eye
the region surrounding the eye:
puffy eyes.

5.  eye
sight; vision:
a sharp eye.

6.  eye
the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception:
the eye of an artist.

7.  eye
a look, glance, or gaze:
cast one's eye upon a scene.

8.  eye
an attentive look; observation:
under the eye of a guard.

9.  eye
regard, view, aim, or intention:
an eye to one's own advantage.

10.  eye
judgment; opinion:
in the eyes of the law.

11.  eye
a center; crux:
the eye of an issue.

12.  eye
something suggesting the eye in appearance, as the opening in the lens of a camera or a peephole.

13.  eye
a bud, as of a potato or other tuber.

14.  eye
a small, contrastingly colored part at the center of a flower.

15.  eye
a usu. lean, muscular section of a cut of meat.

16.  eye
a roundish spot, as on a tail feather of a peacock.

17.  eye
the hole in a needle.

18.  eye
a hole in a thing for the insertion of some object, as the handle of a tool:
the eye of an ax.

19.  eye
a ring through which something, as a rope or rod, is passed.

20.  eye
the loop into which a hook is inserted.

21.  eye
a photoelectric cell or similar device used to perform a function analogous to visual inspection.

22.  eye
a hole formed during the maturation of cheese.

23.  eye
the region of lighter winds and fair weather at the center of a tropical cyclone.

24.  eye
the direction from which a wind is blowing.

25. (v.t.) eye
to look at; view:
to eye the wonders of nature.

26.  eye
to watch carefully:
eyed them with suspicion.

27.  eye
to make an eye in:
to eye a needle.

28. (v.i.) eye
Obs. to appear; seem.

29.  eye
lay or set eyes on, to see.

Definition of 'eye'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) eye, oculus, optic
the organ of sight

2. (noun) eye
good discernment (either visually or as if visually)
"she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"

3. (noun) eye
attention to what is seen
"he tried to catch her eye"

4. (noun) center, centre, middle, heart, eye
an area that is approximately central within some larger region
"it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

5. (verb) eye
a small hole or loop (as in a needle)
"the thread wouldn't go through the eye"

6. (verb) eye, eyeball
look at

Definition of 'eye'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) eye
the body part that you see with
She has brown eyes.; Close/shut your eyes.

2.  eye
sb's eyes
sb's expression
She didn't believe me; I could see it in her eyes.

3.  eye
the hole at the end of a needle
***the eye of the needle

4.  eye
can't take your eyes off
to be so interested that you find it hard to stop watching
I couldn't take my eyes off the horrible scene.

5.  eye
have an eye for
to have a natural ability to find or choose good things
She has an eye for color.

6.  eye
have your eye on
to want to have or buy
She'd had her eye on that car for months.

7.  eye
in sb's eyes
in sb's opinion
In her eyes, your perfect.

8.  eye
keep an eye on
to watch carefully or take care of
Keep an eye on your little brother, please.

9.  eye
keep your eyes peeled/keep an eye out for
to continue to look for sth
Keep your eyes peeled for a pink neon sign.

Definition of 'eye'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) eye
a brood; as, an eye of pheasants

2. (noun) eye
the organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus

3. (noun) eye
the faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque

4. (noun) eye
the action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion

5. (noun) eye
the space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence

6. (noun) eye
observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard

7. (noun) eye
that which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance

8. (noun) eye
the spots on a feather, as of peacock

9. (noun) eye
the scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop

10. (noun) eye
the bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato

11. (noun) eye
the center of a target; the bull's-eye

12. (noun) eye
a small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress

13. (noun) eye
the hole through the head of a needle

14. (noun) eye
a loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope

15. (noun) eye
the hole through the upper millstone

16. (noun) eye
that which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty

17. (noun) eye
tinge; shade of color

18. (verb) eye
to fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view

19. (verb) eye
to appear; to look

Definitions of 'eye'

The Roycroft Dictionary

eye
1. An organ of the human body which sees the universe as it is not, and transmits the same to the brain.

2. The soul's feelers and pickers.

Translation of 'eye'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the part of the body with which one sees Open your eyes; She has blue eyes.
Afrikaans: oog, oë	Arabic: عَيْن	Bulgarian: очи
Brazilian: olho	Czech: oko	German: das Auge
Danish: øje	Greek: μάτι, οφθαλμός	Spanish: ojo
Estonian: silm	Farsi: چشم	Finnish: silmä
French: oeil	Hebrew: עַיִן	Hindi: आंख
Croatian: oko	Hungarian: szem	Indonesian: mata
Icelandic: auga	Italian: occhio	Japanese: 目
Korean: 눈	Lithuanian: akis	Latvian: acs
Malay: mata	Dutch: oog	Norwegian: øye
Polish: oko	Persian: چشم	Pashto: سترګه
Portuguese: olho	Romanian: ochi	Russian: глаз
Slovak: oko	Slovenian: oko	Serbian: oko
Swedish: öga	Thai: ดวงตา	Turkish: göz
Taiwanese: 眼睛	Ukrainian: око	Urdu: آنکھ
Vietnamese: mắt	Chinese: 眼睛
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