Eye

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  • noun. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
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  • noun. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision.
  • noun. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
  • noun. The pigmented iris of this organ.
  • noun. The faculty of seeing; vision.
  • noun. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments.
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  • noun. A way of regarding something; a point of view.
  • noun. Attention.
  • noun. Watchful attention or supervision.
  • noun. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially.
  • noun. An opening in a needle.
  • noun. The aperture of a camera.
  • noun. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
  • noun. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
  • noun. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove.
  • noun. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
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  • noun. A bud on a twig or tuber.
  • noun. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
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  • noun. The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
  • noun. The center or focal point of attention or action.
  • noun. A detective, especially a private investigator.
  • noun. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef.
  • transitive verb. To look at.
  • transitive verb. To watch closely.
  • transitive verb. To supply with an eye.
  • idiom. (all eyes) Fully attentive.
  • idiom. (an eye for an eye) Punishment in which an offender suffers what the victim has suffered.
  • idiom. (clap/lay) /set) To look at.
  • idiom. (eye to eye) In agreement.
  • idiom. (have eyes for) To be interested in.
  • idiom. (have (one's) eye on) To look at, especially attentively or continuously.
  • idiom. (have (one's) eye on) To have as one's objective.
  • idiom. (in the eye of the wind) In a direction opposite that of the wind; close to the wind.
  • idiom. (in the public eye) Frequently seen in public or in the media.
  • idiom. (in the public eye) Widely publicized; well-known.
  • idiom. (my eye) In no way; not at all. Used interjectionally.
  • idiom. (with an eye to) With a view to.
  • idiom. (with (one's) eyes closed) Unaware of the risks involved.
  • idiom. (with (one's) eyes open) Aware of the risks involved.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To fix the eye on; look at; view; observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly or with fixed attention.
  • To make an eye in: as, to eye a needle.
  • To be seen; appear; have an appearance.
  • noun. A brood: as, an eye or a shoal of fish.
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  • noun. In some echinoids, a minute pigmented nodule, probably without visual functions, situated at the end of an ambulacrum.
  • noun. In photography, the spectral range of wave-lengths to which a photographic plate or film is sensitive