Eye

Noun

 * 1) An organ that is sensitive to light, which it converts to electrical signals passed to the brain, by which means animals see.
 * 2) The visual sense.
 * The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
 * 1) Attention, notice.
 * That dress caught her eye.
 * 1) The ability to notice what others might miss.
 * He has an eye for talent.
 * 1) A meaningful stare or look.
 * She was giving him the eye at the bar.
 * ''When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.
 * 1) A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
 * 2) * 2003, Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Random House, ISBN 0609608444, page 199,
 * Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. Independently of each other, the Cigrand and Conner families had hired “eyes” [word used 1892 June 26, “At the Nearby Normal School”, in the Chicago Tribune] to search for their missing daughters.
 * 1) A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
 * 2) A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
 * 3) The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
 * 4) A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
 * 5) The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
 * 6) A reproductive bud in a potato.
 * 7)  The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.

Synonyms

 * eyelet
 * perceptiveness
 * See also Thesaurus:eye

Derived terms

 * all eyes
 * an eye for an eye
 * bird's-eye view
 * black eye
 * black-eyed
 * blue-eyed
 * brown-eyed
 * bull's-eye
 * cat's eye
 * deadeye
 * electric eye
 * evil eye
 * eyeball
 * eyebrow
 * eyebrow pencil
 * eye-catching
 * -eyed
 * eyeful


 * eyeglass
 * eyelash
 * eyeless
 * eyelet
 * eye lever
 * eyelid
 * eyeliner
 * eye of the beholder
 * eye-opener
 * eye patch
 * eye pencil
 * eyepiece
 * eyes down
 * eye shadow
 * eyesight
 * eye socket
 * eyesore


 * eye strain
 * eye tooth
 * eye up
 * eye wash
 * eyewitness
 * fish-eye lens
 * for your eyes only
 * goo-goo eyes
 * green-eyed
 * grey-eyed
 * hand-eye co-ordination
 * have eyes for
 * have one's eye on
 * have someone's eye out
 * hook and eye
 * keep an eye on
 * keep an eye out


 * keep one's eye on the ball
 * keep one's eyes peeled
 * lazy eye
 * magic eye
 * make eyes at
 * mind's eye
 * one in the eye for
 * ox-eye
 * private eye
 * puppy-dog eyes
 * red eye
 * see eye to eye
 * seeing-eye dog
 * shut-eye
 * sight for sore eyes
 * take one's eye off the ball

Verb

 * 1) To observe carefully.
 * After eying the document for an hour she decided not to sign it.
 * They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
 * 1) To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
 * 2) To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.

Derived terms

 * eye up, evil eye, pinkeye,

Verbs for Eye
affix to—; avert—; bat—; bathe—; blear—; blink—; cast —upon; catch—; cloud—; cock—; darken—; dazzle—; delude—; dilate—; dim—; diven—; examine—; ex¬tract from—; feast —supon; glue — upon; goggle—s; inflame—; intrigue—; irrigate —; irritate—; moisten—; narrow—s; offend —; paste—s on; pin—s on; pucker up—s; rivet—s on; roll—s; screw up—s; shadow —s; shield—s; snag—; soften—s; soothe—s; stagger—; strain—s;  suffuse—;  tear— away; test—; tire—s; veil—s; —s ac¬quiesce; — beam; — blaze; — brood; — bulge; — challenge; —s climb; — dance; — devour; —discerns; — drift; — drink in; —embraces; — fall; —s flash; — flicker; — flinch; — glare; — gleam; — glint; — glitter; —s glow; — kindle; — penetrates; — plead; —probes; — protrude; —s redden; —rests upon; —roams; —roves; —scans; —scorns; —scrutinizes; —shines; —smarts; — smoulder; — snap; — sparkle; — squint; — study; — swell; — swim; — twinkle; — twitch; — water; — waver; — widen; — beseech.

Adverbs for Eye
wistfully; piercingly; candidly; keenly; curiously; suspiciously; boldly; challengingly; squarely; critically; sternly; pathetically; attentively; thoughtfully; timidly; painfully; hungrily; contemptuously; unwaveringly; inquisitively; significantly; frigidly; derisively;  moodily;   covetously;   soulfully; bleakly; dispassionately; fastidiously; stonily; sullenly; darkly; insatiably; beseech-ingly; alertly; mischievously; inquiringly; absently; abstractedly; amazedly; ardently; arrogantly; benignly; bestially; bewilder-ediy; bewitchingly; earnestly; enviously; intently; lovingly; piteously; intelligently; pleadingly; heavily; humorously; formidably; gaily; glassily; glintingly; glitteringly; maudlinly; joyously; mysteriously; professionally; raptly; sheepishly; steadfastly; studiously; superficially; uncritically; vacantly; watchfully; wisely; wolfishly; wonderingly; wordlessly; venomously.

Thesaurus
Anschauung, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, accountability, air hole, amaurosis, angle, angle of vision, annulet, armhole, assumption, attend, attitude, auspices, baby blues, banjo eyes, basis, be vigilant, be watchful, beagle, belief, blepharitis, blowhole, bossing, bright eyes, bullet-hole, bunghole, care, cast coquettish glances, cataract, charge, choroiditis, circlet, clear eyes, clear sight, climate of opinion, color vision, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, cone vision, conjunctivitis, consensus gentium, consider, consideration, contemplate, conviction, coquet, cornea, cover, crane, crane the neck, cringle, cross-eye, day vision, daylight vision, deadeye, defective vision, defense, dekko, detached retina, dick, discernment, eagle eye, esotropia, estimate, estimation, ethos, examine, eye defect, eye-mindedness, eyeball, eyeful, eyelet, eyelid, eyesight, farsight, farsightedness, feeling, field of view, field of vision, flatfoot, flirt, follow, footing, frame of reference, framework, gallivant, gape, gasket, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze at, gaze open-mouthed, general belief, give the eye, give the once-over, glaucoma, gloat, goggle, goggle eyes, gold-dig, grasp, grommet, guard, guide, gumshoe, gumshoe man, gutta serena, hard look, have a looksee, hawkshaw, hold in view, horizon, idea, impression, inspect, intendance, investigator, iris, iritis, judgment, jurisdiction, keen sight, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, ken, keratitis, keyhole, knothole, lamp, lee, leer, leer at, leering look, lens, lid, light, lights, look, look after, look at, look on, look over, look sweet upon, look upon, look-in, loop, loophole, lustful leer, make eyes at, manhole, mental outlook, mind, mousehole, mystique, naked eye, nictitating membrane, night vision, notion, observation, observe, ocular, oculus, ogle, ogle at, opinion, optic, optic nerve, optic neuritis, orb, organ of vision, outlook, oversight, peeper, peephole, perception, peripheral field, peripheral vision, personal judgment, perspicacity, perspicuity, persuasion, peruse, philander, photopia, pigeonhole, pinhole, pink eye, place, placket, placket hole, plainclothesman, play around, point of view, popeyes, popular belief, pore, pore over, porthole, position, posture, power of sight, preservation, presumption, prevailing belief, preview, private eye, prospect, protection, protective custody, public belief, public opinion, punch-hole, pupil, purview, quick sight, range, reaction, reconnoiter, reference system, refuge, regard, respect, responsibility, retina, retinoblastoma, ring, ringlet, rod vision, roundlet, rubberneck, run around, safekeeping, safety, saucer eyes, scene, sclera, scope, scotopia, scout, scrutinize, scrutiny, seeing, sense of sight, sentiment, shade, shadow, shelter, side, sidelong look, sight, sightedness, situation, size up, skip tracer, slant, sleuth, sleuthhound, sly look, spiracle, spotter, spy upon, stance, stand, stand on tiptoe, standpoint, staple, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, starry orbs, sty, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, survey, sweep, system, tab, take a long, take in, take stock of, tall, tap, tec, theory, thinking, thought, trachoma, twilight vision, unaided eye, universe, unobstructed vision, uveitis, vent, venthole, vet, view, viewpoint, vision, visual acuity, visual field, visual organ, visual sense, walleye, watch, watchful eye, way of thinking, winker

Etymology
From, from eage:, from  (compare Scots ee:, West Frisian each:, Dutch oog:, German Auge:, Swedish öga:), from  (compare Latin oculus:,  œil:, Lithuanian akìs:,  undefined:, Albanian sy:,  ὤψ:,  undefined:, Avestan undefined:, Sanskrit undefined:). Related to ogle.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: oog
 * Ainu: シ ク (sik)
 * Akkadian:
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Arabic:
 * Aragonese: güello
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac:
 * Hebrew:
 * Archi:
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian:
 * Asturian: güeyu
 * Avar:
 * Azeri:
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque: begi
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali: চোখ, নয়ন
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: lagad, daoulagad
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: မျက်စိ
 * Campidanese Sardinian: ogu
 * Catalan: ull [1]
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chechen:
 * Cherokee:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 眼睛
 * Min Nan:
 * Chuvash:
 * Coptic: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Darkinjung:
 * Dolgan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Eblaite:
 * Egyptian:
 * Erzya: сельме (selme)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Evenki:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gagauz:
 * Galician: ollo
 * Gamilaraay: mil
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gilbertese: mata
 * Greek: μάτι, οφθαλμός (ofthalmós) , όμμα (óma)  , ομμάτιον (omátion)
 * Ancient: ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmos), ὄμμα (omma)
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: resa, tesa
 * Guugu Yimidhirr: miil, walgul
 * Hawaiian: maka
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: आँख, नयन
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: okulo
 * Igbo: anya
 * Ilocano: mata
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Inuktitut: ᐃᔨ
 * Inupiak: iri
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 眼
 * Javanese: mripat
 * Kalenjin:
 * Kalmyk:
 * Kannada: ಕಣ್ಣು
 * Kanuri:
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Karakalpak:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khakas:
 * Khmer: ភ្នែក
 * Kikuyu:
 * Korean: 눈
 * Koryak:
 * Kumyk:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ຕາ
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian: acs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian:
 * Luhya: ,
 * Luxembourgish: A
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കണ്ണ്, നേത്രം
 * Maltese:
 * Mandinka:
 * Manx:
 * Maori:
 * Marathi: डोळा, नयन
 * Martuthunira: paniya, thurla
 * Mongolian: нүд
 * Navajo:
 * Nogai:
 * Northern Sami: čalbmi
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Glagolitic:
 * Old English:
 * Old Irish:
 * Old Norse: øgha, auga
 * Old Provençal:
 * Persian: چشم
 * Phoenician: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Powhatan: meskinsek; neskinsek ; keskinsek
 * Quechua: ñawi
 * Rohingya: suk
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: egl
 * Russia Buryat:
 * Russian:, око
 * Samogitian:
 * Sanskrit:, नेत्र, नयनम
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: око
 * Roman: oko
 * Shan:
 * Shor: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Sindhi: آک
 * Sinhalese: ඇස
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: leihlo
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish:
 * Sumerian:
 * Sundanese:
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: mata
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: கண்
 * Taos: cínemą
 * Tatar: күз
 * Telugu: కన్ను, నేత్రం
 * Thai: (taa)
 * Tibetan: མིག, སྤྱན
 * Tocharian A:
 * Tocharian B:
 * Tofa:
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Tongan: mata
 * Tupinambá: esá (t-)
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Tutelo:
 * Tuvan:
 * Ugaritic:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Urdu: آنکھ, نین
 * Uyghur:
 * Uzbek: koʻz
 * Venetian:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: log
 * Warlpiri: milpa
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: each
 * !Xóõ:
 * Yakut:
 * Yiddish: אױג
 * Zazaki:


 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܚܪܘܪܐ (ħ(ə)rūrā’)
 * Basque:
 * Breton: krao, toull an nadoz
 * Catalan: ull
 * Czech: ucho, ouško
 * Danish: nåleøje
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: οπή (opí), μάτι (máti) , ματάκι (matáci) , τρύπα (trípa) , τρυπίτσα (tripítsa)
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: fok


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 귀 (gwi), 바늘귀 (baneul-gwi)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: acs
 * Lithuanian: ąsa, auselė
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, nålsöga
 * Telugu: రంధ్రము


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Maltese: ħolqa, annella


 * Russian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: చిల్లి(chilli)


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: μάτι (mati)
 * Hungarian: szem
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 눈 (nun)


 * Latvian: acs
 * Luxembourgish: A
 * Maltese:
 * Polish: ; oko
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ojo del huracán
 * Swedish: ,


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: Pfauenauge
 * Korean: 눈 (nun)


 * Latin:
 * Russian: глазок (glazók)
 * Spanish:


 * Czech: očko
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: μάτι (máti), ματάκι (matáci) , οφθαλμίδιο (ofthalmíðio)
 * Korean: 눈 (nun)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: acs


 * Luxembourgish: Knosp
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: глазок (glazók)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: కణుపు (kanupu)


 * Basque:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: μάτι (máti)
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 눈 (nun)


 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:
 * Russian: нюх (n'uχ)
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: దృష్టి(drushti)


 * : ухо (úkho) (2), усет (uset)  (6)

Verb

 * Dutch:, observeren
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: megnéz, szemügyre vesz


 * Malayalam: നോക്കുക
 * Polish: przypatrywać się
 * Russian:


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * German:
 * Swahili:


 * Dutch: gadeslaan, in het oog houden
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:


 * Hungarian: mustrál
 * Malayalam: നിരീക്ഷിക്കുക
 * Swahili:




 * : ögna
 * : ögna
 * : ögna

Anagrams

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