Eyck, Jan van
Eyck, Jan van

eye


Definition: Meaning of, eye in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʌɪ /

  • noun
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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
eye eyes
  1. for seeing with [countable] one of the two parts of the body that you use to see with
    1. Most humans and animals shave only one pair of eyes but some animals or insects like flies may have up to 100 eyes
    2. The marine shot the refugee in the eye with a stun gun in order to stop him from crossing the border.
    3. The doctor gave him some drops for the running eye
    SYNONYM
    Stemma, lens, eyelid, eyeball, retina
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  2. way of seeing/understanding [countable usually singular] a particular way of seeing, judging, or understanding something
    1. In my eyes to your innocent, but in the eyes of the law you are guilty as charged.
    2. You have quite an eye for detail, I missed the flower pattern completely.
    SYNONYM
    Judgement, look out, assessment, valuation, calculation
    ANTONYM
    Estimate, guess, speculate, estimate
  3. keep an eye on something/somebody to look after someone or something and make sure that they are safe
    1. He kept an eye on the child till the time her mother came back from her errands.
    2. I asked my neighbors to keep an eye on my mother till I returned from my office.
    SYNONYM
    Keep a watch, supervision, observation
    ANTONYM
    Not to keep an eye, unsupervised,
  4. have/keep your eye on somebody to carefully watch everything that someone does, especially because you do not trust them
    1. One cop kept an eye on the thief while the other searched the place thoroughly.
    2. I told my husband to keep a strict eye on the maid as she has been caught stealing in the past.
    SYNONYM
    Guard, watch
    ANTONYM
    Unguarded
  5. eye contact when you look directly at someone at the same time as they are looking at you
    1. My teacher told me to make eye contact with the audience from time to time during the presentation.
    2. The speaker was too shy and nervous and refrained from making an eye contact
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  6. keep/have one eye/half an eye on somebody/something to be watching someone or something at the same time that you are doing something else
    1. He was constantly checking the stock prices with one an eye on screen and other on the stuff he was baking.
    SYNONYM
    Preoccupied, absent minded, inattentive, mindless, engrossed, pensive, worried, disturbed, anxious
    ANTONYM
    Present, attentive, alert, observant, watchful, vigilant, intent
  7. have your eye on something to want something that you think might become available
    1. The coach yelled, “keep your eyes on the ball”
    2. I have had my eyes on the scholarship since the start of the school year and the worked hard throughout for it.
    SYNONYM
    Aim, goal, purpose, intention, target, ambition, determination, desire, objective
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  8. the naked eye if you can see something with the naked eye, you can see it without using any artificial help such as a TELESCOPE or MICROSCOPE
    1. There are millions of germs and bacteria on the surface of things at any given point in time, but they are not visible to the naked eye.
    2. Today the solar eclipse will be so clear that it can be observed through naked eye.
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  9. before your very eyes also (right) in front of your eyes especially spoken if something happens before your very eyes, it happens where you can clearly see it
    1. She grabbed her purse from him and slapped my son before my very eyes.
    2. The stock appreciated 400 times its worth within the last six months right in front of my eyes and I failed to invest in it.
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  10. can't take your eyes off somebody/something to be unable to stop looking at someone or something, especially because they are extremely interesting or attractive
    1. He stepped inside and saw her sitting on the table with her head tilting towards the light and he couldn’t take his eyes off her.
    2. Since the moment I entered the boutique and I spotted that dress I couldn’t take my eyes off it.
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  11. under the (watchful/stern etc) eye of somebody while being watched by someone who is making sure that you behave properly or do something right
    1. I leave my house under the watchful eye of my faithful dog.
    2. The varsity team is trained under the watchful eye of Mr. Douglas.
    SYNONYM
    Watch, care, guard, protection, vigilance, supervision
    ANTONYM
    unguarded
  12. run/cast your eye over something to look at something quickly
    1. I ran my eye across the room for the suspect.
    2. The speaker ran his eye across the room and felt he should expect difficult questions.
    SYNONYM
    Assessment, guess, estimation
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  13. set/lay/clap eyes on somebody/something spoken to see something or meet someone, especially for the first time
    1. I fell in love with Kashmir, the moment I lay my eyes on the landscape.
    2. I have got my eyes set on that man ever since my mother told me to choose a husband from these bachelors.
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  14. keep an eye open/out (for something) to watch carefully so that you will notice when someone or something appears
    1. There has been plenty of kidnappings in the last month so police told us to keep our eyes and ears open.
    2. I know the risks involved in this venture and believe me I am going in with my eyes wide open.
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  15. with an eye to (doing) something if you do something with an eye to doing something else, you do it in order to make the second thing more likely to happen
    1. He enrolled in the French course with an eye to do flying.
    2. My teacher gave me the role with an eye to give it to the boy two years senior to me.
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  16. close/shut your eyes to something to ignore something or pretend that you do not know it is happening
    1. The Judge knew that the defendants witness is lying but he shut his eyes to the facts.
    2. Mrs. Salam sees how senior girls bully juniors but she still shuts her eyes to this.
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  17. have a (good) eye for something to be good at noticing a particular type of thing, especially something attractive, valuable, of good quality etc
    1. I have a good eye for noticing details.
    2. I never miss any I shows have an eye for beauty.
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  18. keep your eyes peeled/skinned spoken to watch carefully and continuously for something
    1. The terrified kid had his eyes peeled to the clanking window.
    2. The patient’s mother was sitting outside the theater with her eyes peeled to the theater door.
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  19. with your eyes open knowing fully what the problems, difficulties, results etc of a situation might be
    1. I know he is divorced and he used to abuse his wife, I am going in this with my eyes wide open.
    2. You are moving to a new city thousands of miles away from your family, please proceed with your eyes wide open.
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  20. can do something with your eyes shut/closed to be able to do something very easily
    1. The baker had baked these cookies so many times he can bake them now with his eyes closed.
    2. These mathematical questions I can do with my eyes closed.
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  21. make eyes at somebody/give somebody the eye informal to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive
    1. At the bar the man in yellow suit kept giving the my neighbor the eye but she refused to pay any attention to him.
    2. “It is impossible now a days to move through the city without a couple of men giving you the eye”. Said the young model.
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  22. an eye for/on/to the main chance if you have an eye for the main chance, you will take advantage of any possible opportunity to get what you want - used to show disapproval
    1. The butler though has been working with the family for quite a while now appeared to have eye to the main chance since the start.
    2. She came in saying she needs a job at the agency but had an eye to the main chance.
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  23. one in the eye for somebody British English spoken something that will annoy someone or give them a disadvantage - used especially when you think this is a good thing
    1. Her sister’s success is one in the eye for her.
    2. I gave them one in the eye with my well researched speech.
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  24. an eye for an eye the idea that if someone does something wrong, you should punish them by doing the same thing to them
    1. The law says an eye for an eye.
    2. In my house we try to forgive each other, but in her house it is strictly an eye for an eye.
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  25. for somebody's eyes only used to say that something is secret and must only be seen by one particular person or group
    1. You opened the letter even though it clearly said, “for Chairman’s eyes only.”
    2. I made it “For Rob’s eyes only” because the rest of the people in his company are all crooks.
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  26. have eyes in the back of your head to know what is happening all around you, even when this seems impossible
    1. The servants, even if they get a chance to steal, don’t do it because they feel their master has eyes at the back of his head.
    2. The new camera and surveillance system makes me feel I have eyes at the back of my head.
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  27. get/keep your eye in British English informal to practise or to continue practising an activity so that you become good at it
    1. I am playing like a novice but soon enough I’ll get my eyes in.
    2. She is very little and can’t even hold the ball right now, it will take her a couple of years of practice to get her eyes in.
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  28. have eyes like a hawk to notice every small detail or everything that is happening, and therefore be very difficult to deceive
    1. Don’t try to sneak into her house, her grandmother has eyes of a hawk.
    2. The goal keeper didn’t let a single goal pass he had a hawk’s eye.
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  29. have eyes popping (out of your head) British English especially spoken to be very surprised, shocked, or excited by something you see
    1. My two year old had her eye popping out of her head when she saw the fireworks.
    2. The little girl, with eye popping out her head kept staring at the screen.
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  30. be up to your eyes in something British English informal to be very busy doing something
    1. He is up to his eyes with pending work.
    2. The accounts department is constantly up its eyes with work, they need more employees.
    SYNONYM
    Up till the brim, brimming through its seams.
    ANTONYM
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  31. have eyes bigger than your belly spoken used to say that you have taken more food than you are able to eat
    1. Look at her plate, looks like she has eyes bigger than her belly.
    2. My mother in law always orders twice the food she needs, looks like she has eyes bigger than her belly.
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  32. only have eyes for somebody if someone only has eyes for someone, they love and are interested in that person only
    1. Rajesh is so smitten with Zoya that it looks like he has eyes only for her.
    2. My grandmother has eyes only for my sister, for her I don’t exist.
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  33. my eye! old-fashioned spoken used to say that you do not believe something
    1. I looked at my mother’s hideous dress and cried my eyes, my eyes.
    2. The color was so bright, she said my eyes and covered them with her hands.
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  34. all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc used to say that everyone is looking at someone or something
    1. The patient’s mother’s eyes were fixed on the door when her son was undergoing surgery inside.
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  35. all eyes are on/watching/fixed on etc used to say that a lot of people are paying attention to a particular person or situation
    1. All eyes were fixed on the player as this was the final and decisive shot.
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  36. in a pig's eye! American English spoken used to show that you do not believe what someone is saying
    1. She has been asked many times to wear make up to the office but she has always replied. In a pig’s eye.”
    2. After being told many times to work out at least two hours per day , the athletes give us in a pig’s eye shrug.
    SYNONYM
    No way, under no circumstances, impossible
    ANTONYM
    Possible, sure, lets do it, dig in, lets start, let’s get cranking
  37. camera [singular] the eye of the camera is the way that you appear in photographs
    1. The sign clearly says here, “the eye of the camera is watching you”
    2. The camera’s eye is very unforgiving
    SYNONYM
    Lens
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  38. needle [countable] the hole in a needle that you put the thread through
    1. I have been trying the pass the thread through the eye for the past half an hour.
    2. The eye of the needle should be exactly in the center for the machine to work properly.
    SYNONYM
    Hole
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  39. for fastening clothes [countable] a small circle or U-shaped piece of metal used together with a hook for fastening clothes
    1. Once you zip up make sure to latch the hook by passing the crooked edge through the eye.
    2. The hook got stuck in the eye and dress is not coming off.
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  40. storm [singular] the calm centre of a storm such as a HURRICANE
    1. The eye of the storm kept moving towards the west.
    2. He is in the eye of the storm right now but thinks that everything is fine for good.
    SYNONYM
    Temporary calm, temporary relief
    ANTONYM
    Commotion, agitation, disturbance, agitation
  41. potato [countable] a dark spot on a potato that a new plant can grow from
    1. My grandmother always use to instruct me to remove the eye from the potato but now I have learnt that it is quite harmless.
    2. The grocer gave me the lot of potatoes, all of them, had eyes.
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
eye eyed eyed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
eyeing, eying eyes
or [transitive]
  1. to look at someone or something carefully, especially because you do not trust them or because you want something
    1. I had been eyeing the last slice of pizza for last one hour but the other kids grabbed it.
    2. The player eyed for the goal and hit the ball with full force.
    SYNONYM
    Look, aim, measure, ballpark, eyeball,
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eye used in phrases

  • Eye of Ra (noun)
    1. a lion-headed Egyptian goddess; typifies life-destroying power of the sun
  • London Eye
    1. the London Eye a FERRIS WHEEL in London that is 450 feet tall and which gives people who ride in it very good views of the city
  • Private Eye
    1. a British SATIRICAL magazine which criticizes and makes jokes about famous people, and prints stories about dishonest or embarrassing behaviour by people in public life. Many people have taken Private Eye to court because they say its articles about them are untrue or unfair.
  • Seeing Eye dog (noun)
    1. a dog trained to guide blind people [=  guide dog British English]
  • bird's eye (noun)
    1. old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers
  • bird's eye view (noun)
    1. a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance
  • bird's-eye (adjective)
    1. as from an altitude or distance
  • bird's-eye bush (noun)
    1. shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals
  • bird's-eye maple (noun)
    1. maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings
  • bird's-eye view (noun)
    1. a view of something from high above it
    2. a general report or account of something, without many details
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eye used in phrasal verbs

  • eye up (phrasal verb)
    1. to look at someone in a way that shows you are sexually attracted to them
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