eyenoun [ C ]
uk/aɪ/us/aɪ/eye noun [ C ] (BODY PART)
A1 one of the two organs in your face that are used for seeing:
He has no sight in his left eye.
She's got beautiful green eyes.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep.
More examples
- He had a nasty cut above the eye.
- You'll poke someone in the eye with that umbrella if you're not careful!
- She's got fair hair and blue eyes.
- When she looked at him, her eyes were full of tears.
- The officer looked at him narrowly through half-closed eyes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The eye & surrounding area
- aqueous humour
- ciliary muscle
- compound eye
- epiretinal membrane
- eyeball
- eyelid
- fovea
- glassy
- hooded
- infraorbital
- iris
- lacrimal
- lens
- oculomotor
- optic nerve
- simple eye
- stare
- suspensory ligament
- vitreous humour
- wink
See more results »
eye noun [ C ] (PLANT)
a dark spot on a potato or similar plant part, from which a new stem and leaves will grow
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New growth in plants
- bud
- coccygeus
- collateral
- colli
- colliculus
- collum
- commissure
- communis
- compartment
- complement system
- established
- shoot
- sprout
- sucker
eye noun [ C ] (HOLE)
the hole in a needle through which you put the thread
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Knitting & sewing
- appliqué
- backing
- baste
- bind
- bobbin
- bodkin
- cable stitch
- handknitted
- hem
- knit
- knitter
- knitting
- needle
- seamstress
- sew sth up
- sewing
- sewing machine
- shorten
- stitch
- tack
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Holes, hollows and dips
Idiom(s)
all eyes are on sb/sth
an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)
as far as the eye can/could see
be all eyes
be more to sth than meets the eye
be one in the eye for sb
be up to your eyes in sth
before your very eyes
clap/lay/set eyes on sb/sth
sb's eyes are bigger than their belly/stomach
have an eye for sth
have your eye on sth
have an eye to/for the main chance
have eyes in the back of your head
in sb's eyes
keep your eye in
keep your/an eye on sth/sb
keep your eye on the ball
keep your/an eye out for sb/sth
keep your eyes open for sb/sth
keep your eyes peeled/skinned
make eyes at sb
not take your eyes off sb/sth
only have eyes for sb
roll your eyes
take your eye off the ball
to my eye
with your eyes open
with your eyes closed/shut
eyeverb [ T ]
uk/aɪ/us/aɪ/present participle eyeing or eying, past tense and past participle eyedto look at someone or something with interest:
I could see her eyeing my lunch.
She eyed me warily.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- saw
- sneak
- squint
- visual
See more results »
Phrasal verb(s)
eye sb up
eye sth up