eye
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
One of the two round parts in the head of a person or animal that are used for seeing.
He closed his eyes and listened to the quiet music.
Reading in bad light makes my eyes feel tired.
Something blew into my eye and it keeps watering.
Her eyes are grey with a ring of brown.
Common collocations: close your eyes · open your eyes · blue eyes · keep an eye on · make eye contact · rub your eyes
Part of: Parts of the body, Appearance
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B2
The small hole at the end of a needle that you push thread through.
She could not get the thread through the tiny eye.
Hold the needle to the light and find the eye.
Common collocations: the eye of a needle · thread through the eye
Part of: Games and hobbies
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- C1
To look at someone or something carefully, often because you want it or do not trust it.
The cat eyed the bird through the closed kitchen window.
He eyed the last piece of cake with obvious interest.
The two players eyed each other before the match began.
Common collocations: eye something suspiciously · eye somebody carefully · eye something hungrily
Part of: Talking to people
Forms
- past
- eyed
- plural
- eyes
- present_participle
- eyeing (also eying)