noun eye Each of a pair of globular organs in the head through which people and vertebrate animals see, the visible part typically appearing almond-shaped in animals with eyelids. 1
noun eye organ of sight 1
noun eye sight 1
noun eye centre 1
noun eye storm, hurricane: centre 1
noun eye circle, loop 1
noun eye hole in a needle 1
noun eye on a potato 1
noun eye of a bolt 1
noun eye on a flower 1
noun eye detective 1
noun,plural eye guide for the blind 1
transitive verb eye look at 1
noun eye An organ through which animals see. 0
noun eye The visual sense. 0
noun eye Attention, notice. 0
noun eye The ability to notice what others might miss. 0
noun eye A meaningful stare or look. 0
noun eye A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator. 0
noun eye A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. 0
noun eye A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line. 0
noun eye The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm. 0
noun eye A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye. 0
noun eye The dark spot on a black-eyed pea. 0
noun eye A reproductive bud in a potato. 0
noun eye (Informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower. 0
noun eye A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or through a millstone. 0
noun eye That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. 0
noun eye Tinge; shade of colour. 0
noun eye One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese. 0
noun eye (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute. 0
noun eye A brood. 0
verb eye To observe carefully. 0
verb eye To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document. 0
verb eye To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing. 0
verb eye (Obsolete (No longer in use)) To appear; to look. 0
countable noun eye Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see. 0
verb eye If you eye someone or something in a particular way, you look at them carefully in that way. 0
countable noun eye You use eye when you are talking about a person's ability to judge things or about the way in which they are considering or dealing with things. 0
countable noun eye An electric eye or infrared eye is a device which can recognize the presence of people or objects by detecting the light or heat coming from them. 0
singular noun eye People sometimes talk about the eye of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film. 0
countable noun eye An eye on a potato is one of the dark spots from which new stems grow. 0
countable noun eye An eye is a small metal loop which a hook fits into, as a fastening on a piece of clothing. 0
countable noun eye The eye of a needle is the small hole at one end which the thread passes through. 0
singular noun eye The eye of a storm, tornado, or hurricane is the centre of it. 0
noun eye the organ of sight of animals, containing light-sensitive cells associated with nerve fibres, so that light entering the eye is converted to nervous impulses that reach the brain. In man and other vertebrates the iris controls the amount of light entering the eye and the lens focuses the light onto the retina 0
noun eye the ability to see; sense of vision 0
noun eye the visible external part of an eye, often including the area around it 0
noun eye a look, glance, expression, or gaze 0
noun eye a sexually inviting or provocative look (esp in the phrases give (someone) the (glad) eye, make eyes at) 0
