eye
(aɪ )
Word forms: eyes , eyeing , eying , eyed
1. countable noun [oft poss N in pl] A1
Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see.
I opened my eyes and looked.
Maria's eyes filled with tears.
...a tall, thin white-haired lady with piercing dark brown eyes.
He is now blind in one eye.
Synonyms: eyeball, optic [informal], peeper [slang], orb [poetic]
2. verb
If you eye someone or something in a particular way, you look at them carefully in that way.
Sally eyed Claire with interest. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
We eyed each other thoughtfully. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
Martin eyed the bottle at Marianne's elbow. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: look at, view, study, watch
3. countable noun [usually singular] B2
You use eye when you are talking about a person's ability to judge things or about the way in which they are considering or dealing with things.
William was a man of discernment, with an eye for quality. [+ for]
Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States.
I cast a practised eye over the sky to determine what the weather would be like.
He first learnt to fish under the watchful eye of his grandmother.
Synonyms: observance, observation, supervision, surveillance
4. countable noun [adjective NOUN]
An electric eye or infrared eye is a device which can recognize the presence of people or objects by detecting the light or heat coming from them.
An infra-red eye is said to detect the movement of any animal within 10 metres.
5. singular noun [usually with poss]
People sometimes talk about the eye of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film.
I was again using the cold, unflinching eye of the camera to probe a sick society.
6. countable noun
An eye on a potato is one of the dark spots from which new stems grow.
7. countable noun
An eye is a small metal loop which a hook fits into, as a fastening on a piece of clothing.
8. countable noun
The eye of a needle is the small hole at one end which the thread passes through.
9. singular noun
The eye of a storm, tornado, or hurricane is the centre of it.
The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami. [+ of]
10. See also black eye, private eye, shut-eye
11. before/in front of/under your eyes phrase
If you say that something happens before your eyes, in front of your eyes, or under your eyes, you are emphasizing that it happens where you can see it clearly and often implying that it is surprising or unpleasant. [emphasis]
A lot of them died in front of our eyes.
We are under the eyes of both sides all the time.
12. cast/run your eye phrase
If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly.
I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it.
If you run your eye down these columns, you will see that the bond price has declined.
13. catch someone's eye phrase B2
If something catches your eye, you suddenly notice it.
As she turned back, a movement across the lawn caught her eye.
14. See also eye-catching
15. catch someone's eye phrase B2
If you catch someone's eye, you do something to attract their attention, so that you can speak to them.
I tried to catch Chrissie's eye to find out what she was playing at.
16. to clap eyes on someone phrase
To clap eyes on someone or something, or set or lay eyes on them, means to see them. [informal]
That's probably the bleakest island I've ever had the misfortune to clap eyes on.
What was he doing when you last set eyes on him?
17. to make eye contact phrase
If you make eye contact with someone, you look at them at the same time as they look at you, so that you are both aware that you are looking at each other. If you avoid eye contact with someone, you deliberately do not look straight at them because you feel awkward or embarrassed.
She was looking at me across the room, and we made eye contact several times.
I walked down the high street, avoiding eye contact with passers-by.
18. to close your eyes to something phrase
If you close your eyes to something bad or if you shut your eyes to it, you ignore it.
Most governments must simply be shutting their eyes to the problem.
19. to cry your eyes out phrase
If you cry your eyes out, you cry very hard. [informal]
20. an eye for an eye phrase
You say 'an eye for an eye' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return.
...a very simple punishment code based on an-eye-for-an-eye.
Synonyms: retaliation, justice, revenge, vengeance
21. as far as the eye can see phrase
If there is something as far as the eye can see, there is a lot of it and you cannot see anything else beyond it.
Here, massive dunes stretched in every direction as far as the eye could see.
There are pine trees as far as the eye can see.
22. have an eye for something phrase B2
If you say that someone has an eye for something, you mean that they are good at noticing it or making judgments about it.
Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished off.
23. in/to someone's eyes phrase B2
You use expressions such as in his eyes or to her eyes to indicate that you are reporting someone's opinion and that other people might think differently.
The other serious problem in the eyes of the new government is communalism.
Richard Dorrington was, in their eyes, a very sensible and reliable man.
Equally strange to European eyes were buffalo, rattlesnakes and the peculiar absence of horses and cattle.
24. to keep your eyes open phrase [Also + for]
If you keep your eyes open or keep an eye out for someone or something, you watch for them carefully. [informal]
I ask the mounted patrol to keep their eyes open.
You and your friends keep an eye out–if there's any trouble we'll make a break for it.
25. to keep your eyes peeled phrase [VERB inflects, oft PHR for n]
If you tell someone to keep their eyes peeled for something, you are telling them to watch very carefully for it. [informal]
26. keep your eye on something phrase B2
If you keep an eye on something or someone, you watch them carefully, for example to make sure that they are satisfactory or safe, or not causing trouble.
I'm sure you will appreciate that we must keep a careful eye on all our running costs.
I went for a run there, keeping an eye on the children the whole time.
They're using villagers to keep an eye on each other, to spy on each other.
27. make eyes at someone phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE noun]
If you make eyes at someone, you look at them in a way which shows that you find them attractive and which is intended to get their attention. [informal, old-fashioned]
28. there's more to this than meets the eye phrase
You say 'there's more to this than meets the eye' when you think a situation is not as simple as it seems to be.
This whole business is very puzzling. There is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
29. to meet someone's eyes phrase
If something, especially something surprising or impressive, meets your eyes, you see it.
The first sight that met my eyes on reaching the front door was the church enveloped in flames.
30. all eyes are on something phrase
If you say that all eyes are on something or that the eyes of the world are on something, you mean that everyone is paying careful attention to it and what will happen. [journalism]
All eyes will be on tomorrow's vote.
The eyes of the world were now on the police.
31. have your eye on someone phrase
If someone has their eye on you, they are watching you carefully to see what you do.
As the boat plodded into British waters and up the English Channel, Customs had their eye on her.
32. have your eye on something phrase
If you have your eye on something, you want to have it. [informal]
...if you're saving up for a new outfit you've had your eye on.
33. with your eyes open phrase
If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.
We want all our members to undertake this trip responsibly, with their eyes open.
34. to open your eyes phrase
If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.
Watching your child explore the world about her can open your eyes to delights long forgotten.
35. to see eye to eye phrase
If you see eye to eye with someone, you agree with them and have the same opinions and views.
Yuriko saw eye to eye with Yul on almost every aspect of the production. [+ with]
We've never seen eye to eye.
36. the eye of the storm phrase [usu prep PHR]
If you say that someone or something is at the eye of the storm, you mean they are the main subject of a public disagreement.
The bowlers at the eye of the storm were nowhere in evidence.
...the minister in the eye of the storm.
37. take your eyes off something phrase
When you take your eyes off the thing you have been watching or looking at, you stop looking at it.
She took her eyes off the road to glance at me.
Nina couldn't take her eyes off Philip.
38. through someone's eyes phrase
If someone sees or considers something through your eyes, they consider it in the way that you do, from your point of view.
She tried to see things through his eyes.
The story is told through the eyes of Inspector Simon Potter.
39. up to your eyes phrase
If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy. [informal, emphasis]
I am up to my eyes in work.
The women are just up to their eyes in debt.
40. the apple of your eye phrase
If you say that someone is the apple of your eye, you mean that they are very important to you and you are extremely fond of them.
Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.
Synonyms: favourite, pick, choice, dear
41. to turn a blind eye phrase
If you say that someone is turning a blind eye to something bad or illegal that is happening, you mean that you think they are pretending not to notice that it is happening so that they will not have to do anything about it. [disapproval]
Teachers are turning a blind eye to pupils smoking at school, a report reveals today.
I can't turn a blind eye when someone is being robbed.
42. to feast your eyes phrase
If you feast your eyes on something, you look at it for a long time with great attention because you find it very attractive.
She stood feasting her eyes on the view.
43. to look someone in the eye phrase [VERB inflects] B2
If you look someone in the eye or look them in the face, you look straight at their eyes in a bold and open way, for example in order to make them realize that you are telling the truth.
He could not look her in the eye.
44. in your mind's eye phrase
If you see something in your mind's eye, you imagine it and have a clear picture of it in your mind.
In his mind's eye, he can imagine the effect he's having.
Synonyms: in your imagination, in your head, in your mind
45. the naked eye phrase
If you say that something cannot be seen by the naked eye, you mean that it cannot be seen without the help of equipment such as a telescope or microscope.
The worms cannot be seen by the naked eye.
The planet Mars will be visible to the naked eye all week.
There's so much going on that you can't see with the naked eye.
46. to pull the wool over someone's eyes phrase
If you say that someone is pulling the wool over your eyes, you mean that they are trying to deceive you, in order to have an advantage over you.
Stop trying to pull the wool over my eyes! What were you two fighting about just now?
Phrasal verbs:
eye up
phrasal verb
If someone eyes you up, they look at you in a way that shows they consider you attractive. [British, informal]
...a slob who eyes up the women and makes lewd comments. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
The women sit in the corner and men eye them up. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
Vocabulary Builder
FACE hair eye ear nose jaw forehead cheek mouth chin Quotations:
If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out Bible: St. Matthew
The sight of you is good for sore eyesPolite Conversation
The eyes are the windows of the soul
Idioms:
with the naked eye
with only the eyes, and without the help of instruments such as a telescopes or microscopes
Enough light gets through space for us to see thousands of stars with the naked eye, and millions with an optical telescope.
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turn a blind eye to something
to deliberately ignore something because you do not want to take any action over it, even though you know you should
The authorities were turning a blind eye to human rights abuses.
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there's more to something than meets the eye
said to mean that something is more complicated or more involved than it appears to be at first
`She is convinced there is more to your friendship than meets the eye.' `Well there isn't.'
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take your eye off the ball
to stop paying attention for a moment, with the result that things go wrong for you. Compare keep your eye on the ball.
Any reorganization is disruptive. It makes key management take their eye off the only ball.
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spit in someone's eye
to deliberately upset or annoy someone
The minister for Trade and Industry spat in the eye of small businesses yesterday when he said: `I won't support the weak at the expense of the strong.'
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something is one in the eye for someone [British]
said to mean that something that has been done or achieved will annoy a particular person
Sam claimed his success was one in the eye for his doubters.
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someone would give their eye teeth for something
said to mean that someone wants something very much, and that they would do almost anything to get it
He's the most exciting man I've ever worked with, and I'd give my eye teeth to do something with him again.
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not see eye to eye with someone
to not agree with someone about something
The Prime Minister did not see eye to eye with him on this issue.
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not bat an eye [US]
to not be shocked or offended by something that would shock or offend most people
I was totally independent. My mother never batted an eye about the length of time I stayed out at night.
to not be nervous or worried about something that would normally worry most people
Would you believe he ordered them to fill half a tin mug with that stuff and guzzled it without batting an eye, as if it was water?
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look someone in the eye
to look at someone directly in order to convince them that what you are saying is true, even though you may be lying.
He looked me straight in the eye and said `Paul, I will never lie to you.'
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keep your eye on the ball
to continue to pay close attention to what you are doing. Compare take your eye off the ball.
She won widespread praise for her innovation, her tough negotiating skills and her ability to keep things moving, keep her eye on the ball.
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in the eye of the storm
deeply involved in a difficult or controversial situation which affects or interests a lot of people
He was often in the eye of the storm of congressional debates related to U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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have an eye for the main chance [British]
to be aware all the time of the best opportunities that are available
New York has always been a place where individuals with an eye for the main chance could make their fortunes.
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a gleam in someone's eye
a plan or project that is only at the earliest planning stage
At present, the plans seem to be no more than a gleam in a developer's eye.
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give someone a black eye
to punish someone severely, but without causing them permanent harm, for something they have done
Whenever the Liberal Democratic Party gets too cocky or corrupt, voters tend to give it a black eye.
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get your eye in [British]
to become more skilful or experienced in doing a particular thing because you have been practising it or doing it for a long time
You need a run of games, especially as a goalkeeper, just to get your eye in.
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catch someone's eye
if something or someone catches your eye, you notice them because they are very attractive or unusual
He turned the page. The picture caught his eye instantly.
My mother and my sister love stylish, eye-catching designer hats but cannot afford to buy them.
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cast your eye over something
to look at, consider, or read something very quickly
He cast his eye over the bookcases. She was obviously an avid reader.
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cast an eye on something
to examine something carefully and give your opinion about it
`Before the elections I was pessimistic,' says Jassem Saddoun, a leading economist who casts a critical eye on domestic affairs.
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be in the public eye
to be famous and often mentioned or seen on television or in the newspapers
Increasingly, people in the public eye are voicing concern about the effects of their lifestyle on their family life.
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an eye for something
skill at dealing with something or a good understanding of it
With his unerring eye for light, line and colour, Greenaway has mounted one of the most beautiful drawing exhibitions ever seen.
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an eye for an eye or an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
said to mean that the punishment for a crime is either the same as the crime or equivalent to it
Why do we put people in jail? As an eye for an eye, or to make them realize they did wrong?
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keep an eagle eye on someone or something
to watch a person or thing very carefully
Mr Grogan kept an eagle eye on everything that was going on in the factory.
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an eagle eye
an ability to find or notice things
No antiques shop, market or junk shop escapes her eagle eye.
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the apple of your eye
the person that you like more than anyone else
I was the apple of my father's eye.
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a worm's eye view
an impression of what is happening in a situation from the point of view of someone who has a low status, or is considered inferior in some way
They were considered to be leaders who, for the most part, `were complete fools, with a worm's eye view of the world and a poor understanding of their jobs'.
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keep a weather eye on something or someone [British]
to watch something or someone carefully so that you are ready to take action when difficulties arise or anything goes wrong
It is necessary always to keep a weather eye on your symptoms and stay alert to the changes which occur.
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in your mind's eye
in your imagination or memory
I can often see you in my mind's eye, sitting in your flat alone.
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Collocations:
deep eyes eye makeup eye mask eyes fill with eyes fixed on eyes flash eyes flicker eyes focus eyes gaze eyes glaze over eyes glisten eyes glow eyes glued to eyes narrow eyes peer eyes scan eyes search eyes shine eyes shut eyes sparkle eyes squint eyes stare eyes sting eyes twinkle eyes wander eyes water eyes well eyes widen glassy eyes green eyes hazel eyes intense eyes keen eye lock eyes moist eyes piercing eyes puffy eyes roll the eyes sad eyes sharp eye smoky eyes sunken eyes swollen eyes tired eyes untrained eye watery eyes wide eyes
I won't tell you how this turns out, only that it comes with a lot of stuff about dark eyes burning through me and how deep eyes somehow knew me.
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Bloomers produce round purplish-blue tubers with fairly deep eyes.
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His large deep eyes are the most eloquent feature; with merely a stare he can convey a wide range of emotions, from longing to mistrust, from puzzlement to sorrow.
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These handbag-sized mini eye makeup removers are perfect for erasing the odd smudge at the end of a hectic day.
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It's a bit like wearing concealer on your lips - in a good way - and will offset smoky or dark eye makeup.
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Why do today's 'goths' wear black clothes and big eye makeup?
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She also channels a more gothic look, with dark eye makeup and dark red lipstick.
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To remove eye shadow, a commercial eye makeup remover can be utilized, though a rich face wash will usually remove all traces of color.
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Pop this calming eye mask on and you'll drift off in minutes.
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Then a body wrap, rehydrating body mask and sea-derived eye mask, with face, scalp and foot massage.
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When he tells me to cover up, my eyes fill with tears.
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His eyes fill with tears as he speaks to me.
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One year on, his eyes fill with tears as he tells his story for the first time.
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He looks at me over the table and his eyes fill with tears.
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At one point her eyes fill with tears just remembering them.
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I will keep my eyes fixed on that fire in the distance.
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So most players taking a kick have their heads bowed low, eyes fixed on the grass, hiding within themselves.
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He stops on the shoreline, eyes fixed on the horizon.
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In the operating theatre, there she was, wonderful eyes fixed on the press cameras.
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He keeps his hat on throughout, dark eyes fixed on mine, as if he's more worried than most about where questions may lead.
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Her eyes flash, her hair seems to crackle.
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It pauses and turns its head towards me and its eyes flash like a rabbit's on a road at night.
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Her copper-red hair spills over a pink peony flower, her eyes flash like a cat's.
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As she talks about the days in power, her whole being lights up, her eyes flash, she gesticulates even more wildly.
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His eyes flash, his lips quiver in rage and issue angry words.
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His eyes flicker from the screen of his laptop to his frequently buzzing smartphone.
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His eyes flicker and his face momentarily lights up.
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He says yes, but his eyes flicker away.
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His eyes flicker around the ceiling as if in a trance.
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Her eyes flicker carefully around.
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These reshape the cornea temporarily so that your eyes focus better when you remove them.
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The three parts all look at the same point in space, much as our two separate eyes focus on the same scene.
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Eyes focus on this vision of manhood.
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In the context of a student in a classroom, the students eyes focus on a paper on their desk.
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The upper right face will appear to be in front if the eyes focus on the lower junction.
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Lifeless eyes gaze up at the night sky.
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Sunburned eyes gaze over a scarf worn as a disguise or to keep out the windblown sand, or both.
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Four huge, identical eyes gaze up from the leather sofa.
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The rheumy eyes gaze into the middle-distance.
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Hers are downcast, his equally tear reddened eyes gaze to his right.
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Sorry, too, that my eyes glaze over as they do in every consultation with the corpulent.
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His eyes glaze over slightly as he hits his stride, reeling off what sounds like the investor roadshow pitch.
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If your eyes glaze over at the thought of high finance and sub-prime bubbles, don't panic.
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The climate scientists who write huge screeds that make the eyes glaze over might have more of us paying attention if they said so too.
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Our eyes glaze over at accounts of the liquid nitrogen sorbet or freeze-dried meringues.
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Her eyes glisten in the late-afternoon sun; her voice begins to break ever so slightly.
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Its eyes glisten in the dark as she legs it.
The Sun
When you obligingly smile for the automaton, its eyes glisten with pleasure (well, the yellow lights that resemble an iris do).
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His famously jutting jawbone seems to grow an inch or two, the eyes glow, the invective flies and the air can turn blue.
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Their eyes glow the amber of an angry sun.
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Leaving the swimming class with dank hair, chased into the cold night by clouds of chlorinated steam that make your little one's eyes glow red.
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Lit up in a sprinkling of low rays, her eyes glow auburn, her sensitive ears capturing the filigree of sounds that are beyond our human senses.
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Their eyes glow red, and they can see accurately even in lightless conditions up to 60 feet away.
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You need only to watch the students walking around the museum's exhibits with their eyes glued to their mobile phones to know that's true.
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Eyes glued to music, body lurching around, she looked and sounded nervous and underprepared, and her tuning was quixotic.
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Mostly we eat rubbish, snarfing down high-calorie, ready-cooked chum, wordlessly, eyes glued to the television.
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She performed with her eyes glued to her music, and sometimes it sounded as if the notes over the page came as a surprise.
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Walk around with your ears filled with earphones or eyes glued to a screen and you won't hear anything accidentally.
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As you emerge from the aeroplane, pausing at the top of the steps to take that first glance, your eyes narrow to a squint.
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With his backlift virtually nonexistent and his eyes narrow with determination, the ginger ninja was truly superb.
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In the video, the young gymnast steels herself, jaw set, eyes narrow.
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The eyes narrow, the voice drops to a conspiratorial whisper and nervous glances are cast over shoulders.
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Her eyes narrow at this comparison.
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Haunted eyes peer out of misshapen hollows in her face and her eyelids never close.
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He's impressive, no doubt about that, and by the way his eyes peer unblinkingly behind his disciplinarian's specs there's clearly a boss in there, efficient as a milliondollar timepiece.
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The eyes peer at us suspiciously from behind ancient casement windows and over a peddler's tray, from crowded schoolrooms and desolate street corners.
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Her eyes scan the farther reaches of their 400-acre farm.
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Avoid the temptation to let your eyes scan what's on the desk or computer screen.
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Having snuffed out another rumour, his eyes scan the room for the waitress.
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Eight-year-old eyes scan each line at lightning speed, sparkling with curiosity and just a hint of mischief.
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Meanwhile, my wife's eyes scan every room, permanently alert for anything that might be a moth, or even anything that could be guilty of associating with moths.
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Meanwhile, beneath those false eyelashes, her roving eyes search out her prey.
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All eyes search for movement.
The Sun
My eyes search his face.
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Spooky, the way their eyes shine like that.
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His voice no longer quivers, his features have loosened, his limbs have relaxed and his eyes shine.
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They smile, their eyes shine; you've pleased them.
Christianity Today
I have always recoiled from people whose eyes shine with ideological fervour.
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The eyes shine like a cat.
The Sun
Yet she recorded the whole album with her eyes shut and has been known to cry when a vocal take gets too emotional.
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I get to the top, shaking and sweaty, and cling there, eyes shut.
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Eyes shut he would lunge in the direction of the rumoured angel.
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I alternate between reading it with my eyes open and listening to it with my eyes shut.
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He could do it with his eyes shut.
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Her eyes sparkle as she puts down her cigarette to gesticulate wildly about the static ten-berth trailer on the south coast.
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A bridal classic, this hue contrasts gorgeously awhite gown, while the vibrancy helps your teeth, skin and eyes sparkle in front of the camera.
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His eyes sparkle as he looks forward to the impending arrival of his group's data, after more than two decades of preparation.
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His blue eyes sparkle and his skin glows preternaturally, though he has never had plastic surgery.
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Then comes a smokey-eyed look that makes her eyes sparkle.
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She's tired, no doubt: her eyes squint occasionally through narrow glasses, but flare with enthusiasm when she warms to a subject.
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Do not over smile so your eyes squint or your cheeks become too round.
The Sun
His eyes squint into the middle distance for something, 'searching for the ghosts of old friends', he grins.
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His bloodshot eyes stare out of a face that has become grey and puffy.
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The eyes stare, the body describes every melodic arc of anguish, the bass register penetrates the very heart of darkness.
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Forty pairs of eyes stare into a future that, just for the moment, seems full of promise.
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Excited chatter dissolves as fearful eyes stare at the bank of lights hanging over the track.
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The enraptured of the front rows gaze mesmerised as the eyes stare, the body lunges and the tenor's high register lacerates ear and spirit.
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Still makes my eyes sting thinking about it.
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A fierce wind makes my eyes sting and nose run, and seeps inside my ski trousers.
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If the wind blew the wrong way, which it seemed to do a lot of the time, you got this overpowering smell that made your eyes sting.
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Eyes sting and noses burn.
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Your eyes sting from the saltwater, and yet you feel exhilarated.
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And once again, his eyes twinkle with mischief, which surely bodes well.
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Her deep, dark eyes twinkle as she accounts for herself.
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His eyes twinkle with a weird but rather benign mischief, and there are times when he can barely talk for overjoyed laughter.
Times, Sunday Times
It can emphasise your cheekbones, make your eyes twinkle and really open up your face.
Times, Sunday Times
His avuncular eyes twinkle with pride.
Times, Sunday Times
I'm careful not to let my eyes wander.
Christianity Today
Your eyes wander from these works upwards to the high clerestory windows.
Times, Sunday Times
Gaze up at all that steel lace and then let your eyes wander out over the city skyscrapers.
Times, Sunday Times
Then our eyes wander to a taxidermal anteater in a glass case and initial thoughts are confirmed.
Times, Sunday Times
His eyes wander around the room at all these people, all this attention, all this expectation, all this love.
Times, Sunday Times
This tiny (20ml) but effective tube of mineral sunscreen glides on beautifully, and because it contains no chemical sunscreens it won't make your eyes water.
Times, Sunday Times
The price might make your eyes water, though.
Times, Sunday Times
It affects one side of your head and may make your eyes water and your nose run, too.
The Sun
It's so fast, it makes our eyes water and our cheeks wobble, and it still takes us half an hour to get there.
Times, Sunday Times
I could feel emerald-green leaves tickling my skin and a pungent scent made my eyes water.
Times,Sunday Times
But her eyes well up as she looks back on what might have been.
Times, Sunday Times
It was, however, not innate patriotism that made his eyes well up but a rare genetic condition.
Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes well up as she talks.
Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes well with tears.
Times, Sunday Times
Her eyes well up and turn to glass.
The Sun
As he talks about the bout that would mould the rest of his life, his eyes widen with excitement.
Times, Sunday Times
A broad, but half-sinister grin spreads across his face, his eyes widen and the volcano inside seems ready to erupt.
Times, Sunday Times
His eyes widen with earnestness as he expounds his philosophy and his surprisingly delicate hands tremble ever so slightly.
Times, Sunday Times
Eyes widen and, just momentarily, there's a bit of hushed awe.
Times,Sunday Times
His eyes widen, as though it's something he's never had to think about before.
Times, Sunday Times
The telltale signs to look out for are people who are 'dishevelled and drowsy', prone to 'rambling conversation' and with 'glassy eyes'.
Times, Sunday Times
Officers said she smelled of alcohol, was slurring and had glassy eyes and found her to be four times the limit.
The Sun
At her 25th birthday party her worryingly thin frame and glassy eyes again caused questions.
The Sun
She'd seen them many times before, but this time she was struck by their glorious silveriness and lovely glassy eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
After the police get the go-ahead, it will be looters' heads staring with those glassy eyes, with a trainer between their teeth.
The Sun
Piercing green eyes and an expensive-looking watch completed the look.
Times,Sunday Times
The limpid green eyes are friendly and engaging.
Times, Sunday Times
At the slightest provocation, however, old green eyes can come back.
Times, Sunday Times
With her auburn hair and green eyes, she had a powerful allure the lawyer quickly found irresistible.
Times, Sunday Times
She had green eyes with a glare that could send people running for cover.
Times, Sunday Times
He stared at me with those trusting, curious hazel eyes.
Christianity Today
Cashmere soft skin, coffee and hazel eyes set off with plum and mulberry lip colours are ideal for that seasonal fall look.
The Sun
She arrives with a green health drink in her hand, giant hazel eyes sparkling as much as her giant treble-diamond ring.
Times, Sunday Times
For those of you with golden highlights and green/soft hazel eyes, mid-shades of camel look great when you work them tonally.
Times, Sunday Times
Then belief returned to his wide, hazel eyes.
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He certainly looks the part of a messiah, with his beard, dark, intense eyes and habit of wearing lace-up shoes without socks.
Times, Sunday Times
Up close, he looks a lot like his grandfather, with the same intense eyes.
Times,Sunday Times
There was something about him, his bony face, intense eyes and dark, shoulder-length hair.
Times, Sunday Times
He has silver hair and has intense eyes.
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He was small and his countenance, except for his large intense eyes, gave no signs of his genius.
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At work your interesting ideas and your keen eye for detail impress the bosses.
The Sun (2016)
You do not become an extraordinarily successful magazine publisher without a fine business sense and keen eye for spotting trends.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
You also have a keen eye for spotting antique bargains.
The Sun (2011)
You have a keen eye for competitions with great odds and choose the best names and numbers when you go with your instincts.
The Sun (2016)
Stop in front of him, touch him on the arm, lock eyes with him for a second.
The Sun
They kept looking straight ahead and did not lock eyes with him.
The Sun
You lock eyes with it, recognizing it as your own image.
Globe and Mail
They work best in people with naturally moist eyes, good visual acuity and no eyelid problems.
Times, Sunday Times
She looks at him with two moist eyes, and blinks.
Times, Sunday Times
We see the flushed cheeks, moist eyes, trembling hands, and the nuanced gestures of this most sacred time.
Christianity Today
It's a comforting hug of a movie, full of moist eyes wiped, big romantic gestures, emotional crises averted, lessons learnt.
Times, Sunday Times
We tried hard to hide moist eyes.
Outlook India
He was jolly and smiling, with bright, piercing eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
Wavy hair, piercing eyes and a look that would put the wind up the hardest of 'armed b******s'.
The Sun
He stops, thinks, looks out through rheumy but still piercing eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
He stands more than seven feet tall, with piercing eyes that seem almost alive, staring through the souls of entranced visitors into the future.
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Power and efficiency emanate from those piercing eyes on the podium, but no friendly aura.
Times, Sunday Times
Both come with cooling applicator heads to reduce puffy eyes in the morning.
Times,Sunday Times
The 47-year-old sinks deep into middle age, with a slow, portly frame, sad puffy eyes and hands permanently plunged into pockets.
Times,Sunday Times
Maybe the shades were to hide her puffy eyes?
The Sun
She says it can use it at night without getting puffy eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
The protein tightens pores, reduces puffy eyes and soothes irritated skin.
The Sun
You may roll an eye and resolve not to trust the charmer but still feel better for it.
Times,Sunday Times
Remarkably, when the chancellor confessed he didn't know how much his latest scheme would cost, investors barely rolled their eyes.
Times,Sunday Times
She rolls her eyes up to the heavens.
Times, Sunday Times
I roll my eyes at football being pigeonholed as the 'workingclass' game.
Times, Sunday Times
I rolled my eyes as the attendant took their final item off the belt.
Christianity Today
Then another pair of sad eyes uses tongs to hand you a single-use menu from a safe distance.
Times,Sunday Times
I did feel guilty, though, he just looked at me with his sad eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
My date was tall and had a severe haircut, a sweet smile and sad eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
He's too old to be chasing dust in a foreign country, prematurely bald with sad eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
Inspiration, though, was all around: a whole nativity tableau on the piano, a 2ft-tall shepherd with sad eyes on the windowsill.
Times, Sunday Times
He has a sharp eye for orthographic patterns, however, and impressive convictions concerning the underlying rules of the written language.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
To his sharp eye, a human foot was as expressive as a face.
Modern Literatures of the Non-Western World: Where the Waters Are Born (1995)
With his sharp eye for human traits and foibles, his comments about people were delightfully piquant.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He has a sharp eye, a fluent pen and that innocently English curiosity about wild creatures.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The soft skills of the sympathetic listener are often just as important as the sharp eye of the forensic accountant.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Make-up is all about smoky eyes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If I go for smoky eyes, I'll leave my lips bare.
The Sun (2012)
Try a grungy make-up look with dark, smoky eyes - lashings of shadow, liner and mascara - but keep lips neutral.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was very thin, had deep sunken eyes, peroxided hair and a small tattoo of a cross on his left hand.
ST
He was hobbling painfully and had the sunken eyes of a man who had not slept all week, which turned out to be the case.
Times, Sunday Times
It was nothing miraculous, but the sunken eyes overflowed with love more profound than a miracle.
Christianity Today
Other useful findings (when used in combination) include sunken eyes, decreased activity, a lack of tears, and a dry mouth.
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Patients can be lethargic, and might have sunken eyes, dry mouth, cold clammy skin, decreased skin turgor, or wrinkled hands and feet.
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Most of us wake up with puffy or slightly swollen eyes.
Times,Sunday Times
Downside: will leave you with swollen eyes and a runny nose.
Times, Sunday Times
She wakes up with swollen eyes and face and has had to have medication from the doctor.
The Sun
Working as a receptionist at a health club, she regularly wore dark glasses to hide her swollen eyes and customers would often assume she'd been crying.
The Sun
Her swollen eyes were putting pressure on her brain.
The Sun
It shows a sorry-looking chap with tired eyes and grey hair - are those slippers on his feet?
The Times Literary Supplement
She also recommends freezing a couple of garden pebbles to revive tired eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
To make tired eyes look more awake use a light pencil along the waterline of the eye (under the eye, above the lashes).
The Sun
It comes in a range of shades and has an iridescent finish that also works as a highlighter, opening up tired eyes and disguising bags.
The Sun
The choice of jet-setting movie stars who need a quick fix for tired eyes.
Times, Sunday Times
The untrained eye, at first glance, may not pick up on the differences.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The finished product looks, to my untrained eye, impressive.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This has no discernible effect on taste and will go unnoticed to the untrained eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Only someone who shares this deep fear can understand the humiliation of watery eyes, a blushing face, and rubbery legs that threaten to collapse.
Christianity Today
This can be used to treat hot, watery eyes if euphrasia doesn't provide any relief.
Times, Sunday Times
Then symptoms begin to emerge, including runny/ stuffed nose, congestion, sneezing, watery eyes and coughing.
The Sun
If it becomes narrowed, or blocked, your tear fluid builds up in your eyelids and eventually spills over - causing watery eyes.
The Sun
He paused again, with wistful watery eyes, and suddenly my brain lit up with that rare joy of a concept finally grasped.
Times, Sunday Times
He jumped with wide eyes and flashed a quick smile.
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Still has the wide eyes of an ingenue.
Times, Sunday Times
Perfect, dewy skin and wide eyes in a box?
The Sun
Look out for wide eyes and a slightly vacant expression.
Times, Sunday Times
Wide eyes will also make you look trimmer so don't put that palette away.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 眼睛, 注视
Japanese: 目, じっと見る
- aggressive drive
- aggressive driver
- aggressive expansion
- aggressive intent
- aggressively
- aggressive marketing
- aggressive move
- aggressive nature
- aggressiveness
- aggressive play
- aggressive policy
- aggressive posture
- aggressive pricing
- aggressive programme
- aggressive promotion
- aggressive push
- aggressive response
- aggressive stance
- aggressive strategy
- aggressive style
- aggressive tactics
- aggressive technique
- aggressive tendency
- aggressive tone
- aggressive treatment