All give the eye synonyms
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G g verb give the eye
- scrutinize β to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
- contemplate β If you contemplate an action, you think about whether to do it or not.
- check out β When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
- inspect β to look carefully at or over; view closely and critically: to inspect every part of the motor.
- scan β to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
- stare β to gaze fixedly and intently, especially with the eyes wide open.
- glare β a bright, smooth surface, as of ice.
- gloat β to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- rubberneck β to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
- leer β to look with a sideways or oblique glance, especially suggestive of lascivious interest or sly and malicious intention: I can't concentrate with you leering at me.
- consider β If you consider a person or thing to be something, you have the opinion that this is what they are.
- peruse β to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- study β a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
- regard β to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- watch β to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
- survey β to take a general or comprehensive view of or appraise, as a situation, area of study, etc.
- ogle β to look at amorously, flirtatiously, or impertinently.
- view β an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
- gape β to stare with open mouth, as in wonder.
- look β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- goggle β goggles. large spectacles equipped with special lenses, protective rims, etc., to prevent injury to the eyes from strong wind, flying objects, blinding light, etc. spectacles designed for a special purpose, as night-vision or stereoscopic goggles. Informal. glasses, or eyeglasses: I can't see a thing without my goggles. Synonyms: specs, shades.
- focus β a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- yawp β to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
- beam β If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- peer β a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers.
- bore β If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
- wonder β to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.
- take in β the act of taking.
- size up β the spatial dimensions, proportions, magnitude, or bulk of anything: the size of a farm; the size of the fish you caught.
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.