Eyeball

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  • noun. The globe-shaped portion of the eye surrounded by the socket and covered externally by the eyelids.
  • noun. The eye itself.
  • noun. An overhead light fixture that is mounted on a swivel in a recessed socket so the light can be directed in any direction.
  • transitive verb. To look over carefully; scrutinize.
  • transitive verb. To measure or estimate roughly by sight.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The ball or globe of the eye; the globus oculi: so called from its globular or spherical shape, as in man and many other animals.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The ball or globe of the eye.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the ball of the eye
  • verb. To gauge, estimate or judge by eye; to look or glance at.
  • verb. To scrutinize
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
  • verb. look at
  • Word Usage
    "The razor across the eyeball is a detail from an old film."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    capsule  look  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abdomen  belly  cheekbone  cornea  eyelid  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form