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top: cross section of a human eye
A. vitreous humor
B. optic nerve
C. fovea centralis
D. retina
E. choroid
F. sclera
G. cornea
H. aqueous humor
I. pupil
J. iris
K. lens
bottom: the eye of hurricane Catarina, off the coast of Brazil in 2004, as seen from the International Space Station
eye
(ī)n.
1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
2.
a. 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.
b. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
c. The pigmented iris of this organ.
3. The faculty of seeing; vision.
4. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion.
5.
a. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent.
b. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye.
c. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables.
6. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially:
a. An opening in a needle.
b. The aperture of a camera.
c. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread.
d. A circular marking on a peacock's feather.
e. Chiefly Southern US The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle.
7. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell.
8. Botany
a. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato.
b. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers.
9.
a. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone.
b. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy.
10. Informal A detective, especially a private investigator.
11. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round.
tr.v. eyed, eye·ing or ey·ing (ī′ĭng), eyes
Idioms: 1. To look at: eyed the passing crowd with indifference.
2. To watch closely: eyed the shark's movements.
3. To supply with an eye.
all eyes
Fully attentive.
an eye for an eye
Punishment in which an offender suffers what the victim has suffered.
clap/lay/set (one's) eyes on
To look at.
eye to eye
In agreement: We're eye to eye on all the vital issues.
have eyes for
To be interested in.
have (one's) eye on
1. To look at, especially attentively or continuously.
2. To have as one's objective.
in the eye of the wind Nautical
In a direction opposite that of the wind; close to the wind.
in the public eye
1. Frequently seen in public or in the media.
2. Widely publicized; well-known.
my eye Slang
In no way; not at all. Used interjectionally.
with an eye to
With a view to: redecorated the room with an eye to its future use as a nursery.
with (one's) eyes closed
Unaware of the risks involved.
with (one's) eyes open
Aware of the risks involved.
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eye
(aɪ)n
1. (Anatomy) the organ of sight of animals, containing light-sensitive cells associated with nerve fibres, so that light entering the eye is converted to nervous impulses that reach the brain. In man and other vertebrates the iris controls the amount of light entering the eye and the lens focuses the light onto the retina.
2. (often plural) the ability to see; sense of vision: weak eyes.
3. (Anatomy) the visible external part of an eye, often including the area around it: heavy-lidded eyes; piercing eyes.
4. a look, glance, expression, or gaze: a stern eye.
5. a sexually inviting or provocative look (esp in the phrases give (someone) the (glad) eye, make eyes at)
6. attention or observation (often in the phrases catch someone's eye, keep an eye on, cast an eye over)
7. ability to recognize, judge, or appreciate: an eye for antiques.
8. (often plural) opinion, judgment, point of view, or authority: in the eyes of the law.
9. (Biology) a structure or marking having the appearance of an eye, such as the bud on a twig or potato tuber or a spot on a butterfly wing
10. a small loop or hole, as at one end of a needle
11. (Physical Geography) a small area of low pressure and calm in the centre of a tornado or cyclone
12. (Electronics) See photocell
13. (Professions) informal See private eye
14. all eyes informal acutely vigilant or observant: the children were all eyes.
15. my eye all my eye informal rubbish; nonsense
16. an eye for an eye retributive or vengeful justice; retaliation
17. cut one's eye after someone cut one's eye at someone cut one's eye on someone Caribbean to look rudely at a person and then turn one's face away sharply while closing one's eyes: a gesture of contempt
18. eyes out NZ with every possible effort: he went at the job eyes out.
19. get one's eye in chiefly sport to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
20. half an eye
a. a modicum of perceptiveness: anyone with half an eye can see she's in love.
b. continuing unobtrusive observation or awareness: the dog had half an eye on the sheep.
21. have eyes for to be interested in: she has eyes only for him.
22. in one's mind's eye pictured within the mind; imagined or remembered vividly
23. in the public eye exposed to public curiosity or publicity
24. keep an eye open keep an eye out to watch with special attention (for)
25. keep one's eyes peeled keep one's eyes skinned to watch vigilantly (for)
26. look someone in the eye to look at someone openly and without shame or embarrassment
27. make eyes make sheep's eyes old-fashioned to ogle amorously
28. more than meets the eye hidden motives, meaning, or facts
29. pick the eyes out Austral and NZ to select the best parts or pieces (of)
30. see eye to eye to agree (with)
31. set eyes on lay eyes on clap eyes on (usually used with a negative) to see: she had never laid eyes on him before.
32. (Nautical Terms) the eye of the wind nautical the direction from which the wind is blowing
33. turn a blind eye to close one's eyes to to pretend not to notice or ignore deliberately
34. up to one's eyes extremely busy (with)
35. with a … eye in a … manner: he regards our success with a jealous eye.
36. with an eye to having an eye to (preposition)
a. regarding; with reference to: with an eye to one's own interests.
b. with the intention or purpose of: with an eye to reaching agreement.
37. with one's eyes open in the full knowledge of all relevant facts
38. with one's eyes shut
a. with great ease, esp as a result of thorough familiarity: I could drive home with my eyes shut.
b. without being aware of all the facts
vb (tr) , eyes, eyeing, eying or eyed
39. to look at carefully or warily
40. Also: eye up to look at in a manner indicating sexual interest; ogle
[Old English ēage; related to Old Norse auga, Old High German ouga, Sanskrit aksi]
ˈeyeless adj
ˈeyeˌlike adj
eye
(aɪ)n
(Zoology) another word for nye
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eye
(aɪ)n., v. eyed, ey•ing eye•ing. n.
1. the organ of sight; in vertebrates, one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull, along with its associated structures.
2. the visible parts of this organ, as the cornea, iris, and pupil, and the surrounding eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes.
3. this organ with respect to the color of the iris: blue eyes.
4. the region surrounding the eye: puffy eyes.
5. sight; vision: a sharp eye.
6. the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception: the eye of an artist.
7. a look, glance, or gaze: cast one's eye upon a scene.
8. an attentive look; observation: under the eye of a guard.
9. regard, view, aim, or intention: an eye to one's own advantage.
10. judgment; opinion: in the eyes of the law.
11. a center; crux: the eye of an issue.
12. something suggesting the eye in appearance, as the opening in the lens of a camera or a peephole.
13. a bud, as of a potato or other tuber.
14. a small, contrastingly colored part at the center of a flower.
15. a usu. lean, muscular section of a cut of meat.
16. a roundish spot, as on a tail feather of a peacock.
17. the hole in a needle.
18. a hole in a thing for the insertion of some object, as the handle of a tool: the eye of an ax.
19. a ring through which something, as a rope or rod, is passed.
20. the loop into which a hook is inserted.
21. a photoelectric cell or similar device used to perform a function analogous to visual inspection.
22. a hole formed during the maturation of cheese.
23. the region of lighter winds and fair weather at the center of a tropical cyclone.
24. the direction from which a wind is blowing.
v.t. 25. to look at; view: to eye the wonders of nature.
26. to watch carefully: eyed them with suspicion.
27. to make an eye in: to eye a needle.
v.i. 28. Obs. to appear; seem.
Idioms: 1. be all eyes, to be extremely attentive.
2. catch someone's eye, to attract someone's attention.
3. give someone the eye, to give someone a flirtatious or warning glance.
4. have an eye for, to be discerning about.
5. have eyes for, to be attracted to.
6. keep one's eyes open, to be especially alert or observant.
7. lay or set eyes on, to see.
8. make eyes, to glance flirtatiously; ogle.
9. run one's eye over, to examine hastily.
10. see eye to eye, to agree.
11. with an eye to, with the intention or consideration of.
[before 900; Middle English eie, ie, Old English ēge, variant of ēage; c. Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Old Norse auga; akin to Latin oculus, Greek ṓps]
eye′like`, adj.
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cross section of a human eye
eye
(ī)1. The organ of the body with which an animal is able to see or sense light. In vertebrate animals, the eye occurs as one of a pair, each consisting of a spherical structure that is filled with fluid. Incoming light is refracted by the cornea and transmitted through the pupil to the lens, which focuses the image onto the retina. See more at compound eye, eyespot.
2. Botany A bud on a tuber, such as a potato.
3. The relatively calm area at the center of a hurricane or similar storm. See more at hurricane.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Eye, Nye
a brood of pheasants.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Eye(s)
See Also: EYES, BRIGHT; EYEBROWS; EYE COLOR; EYE EXPRESSIONS, EYELASHES; EYELIDS; EYE MOVEMENTS
- Behind the glasses his eyes looked look like little bicycle wheels at dizzy speed —William Faulkner
- Dull eyes set like pebbles in a puffy, unwholesome-looking face —Eric Ambler
Eye/pebble comparisons abound, with examples throughout this section.
- Eye-sockets deep as those of a death’s head —Thomas Hardy
- Eye-sockets … like dark caves —John Wainwright
- Eyeballs like shelled hard-boiled eggs —Ivan Bunin
- Eyes as big and as soft and as transparent as ripe gooseberries —Edna O’Brien
- Eyes … as cloudy as poisoned oysters —Miles Gibson
- Eyes … big and shiny, black as oil —Shirley Ann Grau
- Eyes blackly circled like those of a raccoon —Lael Tucker Wertenbaker
- Eyes … carefully painted like the eyes on Egyptian frescoes —Anals Nin, Chicago Review, Winter-Spring, 1962
- Eyes … deep and dark like mountain nights —Mary Hedin
- Eyes … deep as a well —Walter Savage Landor
- Eyes flat as glass —James Lee Burke
- Eyes … flat gold, like a lemur’s —Sue Grafton
- Eyes glazed and almost lightless like the little button eyes of a doll —George Garrett
- Eyes … large and gray, and baleful, like glass on fire —Norman Mailer
- Eyes large as fifty-cent pieces, but pale, like dusty stones —Ludwig Bemelmans
Bemelmans’ subject is William Randolph Hearst.
- Eyes … large as saucers —E. N. Slocum, line from lyric of a song written in 1868 entitled “On the Beach at Cape May”
- Eyes like a codfish —Frank Swinnerton
- Eyes like a couple of wells —William Diehl
- Eyes … like an Arizona sunset, and they were supported on pouches as large and shapeless as badly packed duffle bags —Jimmy Sangster
- Eyes like a pinwheel —Ann Beattie
- Eyes … like a spaniel’s —Ouida
- Eyes like a starless winter night —clear, black, bleak —A. E. Maxwell
- Eyes … like chestnuts floating on twin pools of milk —William Styron
- Eyes like cold cavities in his head —Natascha Wodin
- Eyes … like crickets in daylight —Rochelle Ratner
- Eyes like crosses burning on a lawn —Rochelle Ratner
- Eyes like currants in a half-cooked suet pudding —Robert Graves
A simple variation from a short story by Katherine Mansfield: “Little eyes, like currants.”
- Eyes like dark searchlights —Ross Macdonald
- Eyes like dusty lapis lazuli —S. J. Perelman
- Eyes like forest pools —W. Somerset Maugham
- Eyes … like forget-me-nots —Mazo De La Roche
- Eyes … like ground owls, deep in their burrows —Harold Adams
- Eyes like holes burned with a cigar —William Faulkner
- Eyes … like holes were poked in a snowbank —Raymond Chandler
- Eyes like jelly —Hanoch Bartov
- Eyes like licked stones —Virginia Woolf
- Eyes like licorice gumdrops —Robert Campbell
- Eyes … like lustrous black currants —Frank Swinnerton
- Eyes, like marigolds, had sheathed their light —William Shakespeare
In Shakespeare’s time ‘sheathed’ was written as ‘sheath’d.’
- Eyes like mice peeking into my pockets —Robert Campbell
- Eyes like oiled black olives —Frank Tuohy
- Eyes … like old pictures of Rachmaninoff s eyes —Henry Van Dyke
- Eyes like onions —Donald Barthelme
- Eyes … like pale marble in a field of red —Linda West Eckhardt
- Eyes … like peas —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Eyes … like pebbles at the bottom of a mountain trout pool, fixed and icy —Donald MacKenzie
- Eyes like pebbles, the kind of pebbles which kids call aggies —Ludwig Bemelmans
- Eyes like pebbles unwashed by the sea —Kathleen Farrell
- Eyes … like pools of oil —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Eyes … like punctuation marks —Geoffrey Wolff
- Eyes … like rubber knobs, like they’d give to the touch —William Faulkner
- Eyes like searchlights —Donald McCaig
- Eyes..like shrewd marbles —Harvey Swados
- Eyes like the brown waters of a woodland stream —Henry Van Dyke
- Eyes like the deep, blue boundless heaven —Percy Bysshe Shelley
- (Watery gray) eyes, like the thick edges of broken skylight glass —Willa Cather
- Eyes … like those of a lobster, as if they were on stalks —William James, letter from Germany to sister Alice, January 9, 1868
- Eyes … like tiny stone wedges hammer between the lids —Ross Macdonald
- Eyes like tunnels —Arthur Miller
- Eyes like twin daisies in a bucket of blood —Leonard Washborn, Inter-Ocean, Chicago newspaper, 1880s
- Eyes … like two black seeds —Dashiell Hammett
- Eyes … like two holes burned in a blanket —Borden Deal
- Eyes … like two obeisant satellites —Cynthia Ozick
- Eyes … like two pissholes in the snow —American colloquialism
- Eyes … like violets by a river of pure water —Oscar Wilde
- Eyes like washed pebbles stuck in cement (gave him a slightly aggressive look) —Donald MacKenzie
- Eyes like white clay marbles —Randall Jarrell
- Eyes limpid and still like pools of water —Robert Louis Stevenson
- Eyes … like glass marbles —Herman Wouk
- Eye sockets..as flat as saucers —Z. Vance Wilson
- Eyes peering between folds of fat like almond kernels in half-split shells —Edith Wharton
- Eyes pressed so deep in his head that they seemed … like billiard balls sunk in their pockets —William Styron
- Eyes, restless, softly brown like a monkey’s —F. van Wyck Mason
- Eyes … round and shiny, like the glass-bead eyes of stuffed animals —Margaret Atwood
- Eyes, round as cherries —Ignazio Silone
- Eyes … round as quarters —Laurie Colwin
- Eyes … round, inane as the blue pebbles of the rain —Dame Edith Sitwell
- Eyes shaped like peach pits —Bobbie Ann Mason
- Eyes … shiny and flat as mirrors —Shirley Ann Grau
- Eyes … small and dark and liquid, like drops of strong coffee —Margaret Millar
- Eyes … small and nacreous like painted ornaments —Jean Stafford
- Eyes … small and dirty like the eyes of a potato —Ross Macdonald
- Eyes … small and hard and shiny like dimes —Ross Macdonald
- Eyes soft as a leading lady’s, round as a doe’s —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- Eyes, speckled and hard as pebbles at the bottom of a stream —John Yount
- Eyes spoked and rimmed with black, like a mourner’s rosette —Edith Pearlman
The simile is particularly appropriate as the writer is describing a character who is a widow.
- Eyes that looked like imitation jewels —Henry James
- Eyes the size of melons —Mary Hood
- Eyes were small, so that with the mascara and the shadows painted on their lids they looked like flopping black butterflies —Eudora Welty
- Her eyes looked awful [from too much liquor] as though they had been boiled —Christopher Isherwood
- Her eyes lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough —William Faulkner
- His eyes behind his glasses kind of all run together like broken eggs —William Faulkner
- His eyes stood in his head like two poached eggs —Erich Maria Remarque
- Large eyes like dark pools —Erich Maria Remarque
- Little eyes like cigarette-ends —Charles Bukowski
- Looked like cat’s eyes do, like a big cat against the wall, watching us —William Faulkner
- Lynx-like eyes —O. Henry
- Our very eyes are sometimes like our judgements, blind —William Shakespeare
- Protruding eyes that looked like two fish straining to get out of a net of red threads —Flannery O’Connor
- The pupils of his eyes were like disks of blue fire —Oscar Wilde
- Round eyes like blue polka dots in her crimson face —Helen Hudson
- Sharp stains like poor coffee under her eyes —V. S. Pritchett
- She was wearing so much eyeliner that her eyes looked as if they had been drawn in ink —Jonathan Valin
- Small eyes, set like a pig’s in shallow orbits —Francis Brett Young
- Their eyes seemed like rings from which the gems had been dropped —Dante Alighieri
- Two little eyes like gimlet holes —Émile Zola
- The veins in her eyeballs twisted like a map of jungle rivers —Arthur Miller
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eye
Past participle: eyed
Gerund: eyeing/eying
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eye
The sense organ that converts light into electrical signals, which pass to the brain to be interpreted as visual images.
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| Noun | 1. |  eye - the organ of sight sense organ, sensory receptor, receptor - an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation visual system - the sensory system for vision naked eye - the eye unaided by any optical instrument that alters the power of vision or alters the apparent size or distance of objects; "it is not safe to look directly at the sun with the naked eye" peeper - an informal term referring to the eye oculus dexter, OD - the right eye oculus sinister, OS - the left eye compound eye - in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image choroid, choroid coat - a highly vascular membrane in the eye between the retina and the sclera; a dark pigmentation minimizes the scattering of light inside the eye ciliary body - the part of the tunic of the eye between the choroid coat and the iris; "the ciliary body produces aqueous humor" eyelid, lid, palpebra - either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer" canthus - either of the corners of the eye where the upper and lower eyelids meet epicanthic fold, epicanthus - a vertical fold of skin over the nasal canthus; normal for Mongolian peoples; sometimes occurs in Down's syndrome nictitating membrane, third eyelid - a protective fold of skin in the eyes of reptiles and birds and some mammals conjunctiva - a transparent lubricating mucous membrane that covers the eyeball and the under surface of the eyelid eye muscle, ocular muscle - one of the small muscles of the eye that serve to rotate the eyeball cornea - the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera uvea - the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid uveoscleral pathway - a tubule that drains excess aqueous humor iris - muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye crystalline lens, lens of the eye, lens - biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on the retina arteria centralis retinae, central artery of the retina - a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve arteria ciliaris, ciliary artery - one of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye arteria lacrimalis, lacrimal artery - an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead lacrimal vein, vena lacrimalis - drains the lacrimal gland; empties into the superior ophthalmic vein lacrimal apparatus - the structures that secrete and drain tears from the eye retina - the innermost light-sensitive membrane covering the back wall of the eyeball; it is continuous with the optic nerve sclera, sclerotic coat - the whitish fibrous membrane (albuginea) that with the cornea forms the outer covering and protection of the eyeball musculus sphincter pupillae, pupillary sphincter - a ring of smooth muscle surrounding the iris face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech aperture - a natural opening in something |
| 2. |  eye - good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement, judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations | |
| 3. |  eye - attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye" | |
| 4. | eye - an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" area, country - a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country" center stage, centre stage - the central area on a theater stage storm center, storm centre - the central area or place of lowest barometric pressure within a storm financial center - the part of a city where financial institutions are centered hub - a center of activity or interest or commerce or transportation; a focal point around which events revolve; "the playground is the hub of parental supervision"; "the airport is the economic hub of the area" inner city - the older and more populated and (usually) poorer central section of a city medical center - the part of a city where medical facilities are centered midfield - (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) seat - a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) midstream - the middle of a stream | |
| 5. |  eye - a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something needle - a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) | |
| Verb | 1. |  eye - look at look - perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" |
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eye
noun
1. eyeball, optic (informal), peeper (slang), orb (poetic), organ of vision, organ of sight He is blind in one eye.
2. (often plural) eyesight, sight, vision, observation, perception, ability to see, range of vision, power of seeing her sharp eyes and acute hearing
3. appreciation, taste, recognition, judgment, discrimination, perception, discernment He has an eye for talent.
4. observance, observation, supervision, surveillance, attention, notice, inspection, heed, vigil, watch, lookout, vigilance, alertness, watchfulness He played under his grandmother's watchful eye.
verb
1. look at, view, study, watch, check, regard, survey, clock (Brit. slang), observe, stare at, scan, contemplate, check out (informal), inspect, glance at, gaze at, behold (archaic or literary), eyeball (slang), scrutinize, peruse, get a load of (informal), take a dekko at (Brit. slang), have or take a look at We eyed each other thoughtfully.
an eye for an eye retaliation, justice, revenge, vengeance, reprisal, retribution, requital, lex talionis His philosophy was an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
close or shut your eyes to something ignore, reject, overlook, disregard, pass over, turn a blind eye to, take no notice of, be oblivious to, pay no attention to, turn your back on, turn a deaf ear to, bury your head in the sand They just closed their eyes to what was going on.
eye something or someone up ogle, leer at, make eyes at, give (someone) the (glad) eye My brother is forever eyeing up women in the street.
in or to someone's eyes in the opinion of, in the mind of, from someone's viewpoint, in the judgment of, in someone's point of view, in the belief of He was, in their eyes, a sensible and reliable man.
keep an eye or your eye on someone or something watch, supervise, observe, monitor, regard, survey, guard, look after, look out for, pay attention to, watch over, scrutinize, keep tabs on (informal), keep under surveillance, keep in view, watch like a hawk You can't keep an eye on your children 24 hours a day.
see eye to eye agree, accord, get on, fall in, coincide, go along, subscribe to, be united, jibe (informal), concur, harmonize, speak the same language, be on the same wavelength, be of the same mind, be in unison They saw eye to eye on almost every aspect of the production.
set, clap or lay eyes on someone or something see, meet, notice, observe, encounter, come across, run into, behold I haven't set eyes on him for years.
up to your eyes very busy, overwhelmed, caught up, inundated, wrapped up in, engaged, flooded out, fully occupied, up to here, up to your elbows I am up to my eyes in work just now.
Quotations
"If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out" Bible: St. Matthew
"The sight of you is good for sore eyes" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
"If thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out" Bible: St. Matthew
"The sight of you is good for sore eyes" [Jonathan Swift Polite Conversation]
Proverbs
"The eyes are the windows of the soul"
"The eyes are the windows of the soul"
Parts of the eye
aqueous humour, blind spot, choroid or chorioid, ciliary body, cone, conjunctiva, cornea, eyeball, fovea, iris, lens, ocular muscle, optic nerve, pupil, retina, retinal vessels, rod, sclera, suspensory ligament, vitreous body, vitreous humourCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
eye
noun1. An organ of vision:
orb.
3. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging:
4. The position from which something is observed or considered:
7. Informal. A person whose work is investigating crimes or obtaining hidden evidence or information:
1. To direct the eyes on an object:
Idiom: clap one's eyes on.
2. To look intently and fixedly:
Idioms: gaze open-mouthed, rivet the eyes on.
3. To look at or on attentively or carefully:
Idioms: have one's eye on, keep tabs on.
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Translations
عَيْنعَين الإبرهنَظَر، نَظْرَهيَنْظُر، يُراقِبعين
око
oko
øjebetragtefå øje påhave øje fornåleøje
okulo
silm
silmäsilmäilläsilmäkuviosilmukkatarkastella
oko
megnézmustrálszemszemeszemügyre vesz
oculo
mata
augaauga; lykkja; gatfylgjast meî, horfa áskyn, næmt auga
目
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eye
[aɪ]A. N
1. (gen) → ojo m
to have good eyes → tener buena vista
to rub one's eyes → restregarse los ojos
I couldn't believe my (own) eyes → no daba crédito a lo que veían mis ojos
black eye → ojo m morado or amoratado
I gave him a black eye → le puse un ojo morado
she had a black eye → tenía or llevaba un ojo morado
to catch sb's eye → llamar la atención de algn
he accidentally caught her eye and looked away → su mirada se cruzó por casualidad con la de ella y apartó la vista
it was the biggest one I'd ever clapped eyes on → era el más grande que jamás me había echado a la cara
to cry one's eyes out → llorar a moco tendido or a lágrima viva
there wasn't a dry eye in the house → no había ojos sin lágrimas en todo el teatro
to have an eye or a keen eye for a bargain → tener mucha vista or buen ojo para las gangas
we need someone with an eye for detail → nos hace falta alguien que sea meticuloso
he's got his eye on you (= monitoring) → no te quita ojo, no te pierde de vista; (= attracted to) → te tiene echado el ojo
I've got my eye on that sofa in the sale → le tengo echado el ojo a ese sofá que vimos en las rebajas
she had eyes only for me → sólo tenía ojos para mí, no tenía ojos más que para mí
it hits you in the eye → salta a la vista
in the eyes of → a los ojos de
in the eyes of the law → a los ojos de la ley
to keep an eye on sth/sb (= watch) → vigilar algo/a algn, echar una mirada a algo/algn; (= look after) → cuidar algo/a algn
keep your eyes on the road! → ¡no quites los ojos de la carretera!
I'm keeping an eye on things while the boss is away → yo estoy al cargo del negocio mientras el jefe está fuera
at eye level → a la altura de los ojos
to look sb (straight) in the eye → mirar a algn (directamente) a los ojos
with the naked eye → a simple vista
he couldn't keep his eyes off the girl → se le fueron los ojos tras la chica
to keep an eye out or one's eyes open for sth/sb → estar pendiente de algo/algn
keep an eye out for the postman → estáte atento or pendiente a ver si ves al cartero
keep an eye out for snakes → cuidado por si hay culebras
keep your eyes open for bag-snatchers! → ¡mucho ojo, no te vayan a dar el tirón!
I haven't seen any recently but I'll keep my eyes open → últimamente no he visto ninguno pero estaré al tanto
I could hardly keep my eyes open → se me cerraban los ojos
I saw it with my own eyes → lo vi con mis propios ojos
to be in the public eye → estar a la luz pública
eyes right/left/front! → ¡vista a la derecha/izquierda/al frente!
to run one's eye over sth (from curiosity) → recorrer algo con la vista; (checking) → echar un vistazo a algo
as far as the eye can see → hasta donde alcanza la vista
it's five years since I last set or laid eyes on him → hace cinco años que no lo veo
the sun is in my eyes → me da el sol en los ojos
he didn't take his eyes off her for one second → no le quitó los ojos de encima ni por un segundo
with an eye to sth/to doing sth → con vistas or miras a algo/a hacer algo
with an eye to the future → cara al futuro
use your eyes! → ¡abre los ojos!
it happened before my very eyes → ocurrió delante de mis propios ojos
the grass grows before your very eyes → crece la hierba a ojos vistas
under the watchful eye of → bajo la atenta mirada de
to look at sth with or through the eyes of an expert → ver algo con ojos de experto
he was all eyes → era todo or (LAm) puros ojos
to have eyes in the back of one's head → tener ojos en la nuca
he must have eyes in the back of his head! → ¡no se le escapa una!
I haven't got eyes in the back of my head (iro) → ¿te crees que tengo ojos en la nuca o qué?
to give sb the (glad) eye → tirar los tejos a algn con miraditas
there's more to this than meets the eye → esto tiene más enjundia de lo que parece, esto tiene su miga
the decision was one in the eye for the president → la decisión supuso un auténtico varapalo para el presidente
to open sb's eyes to sth → abrir los ojos de algn a algo
to keep one's eyes peeled → estar alerta
to do sth with one's eyes (wide) open → hacer algo con los ojos abiertos
to make (sheep's) eyes at sb → lanzar miraditas insinuantes a algn, hacer ojitos a algn
to shut one's eyes to [+ truth, evidence, dangers] → cerrar los ojos a; [+ sb's shortcomings] → hacer la vista gorda a
I don't see eye to eye with him → no estoy de acuerdo con él
in the twinkling of an eye → en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
to be up to one's eyes (in work etc) → estar hasta aquí or agobiado de trabajo
an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) → ojo por ojo (y diente por diente)
see also blind A
see also feast B
see also mind A1
see also sight
to have good eyes → tener buena vista
to rub one's eyes → restregarse los ojos
I couldn't believe my (own) eyes → no daba crédito a lo que veían mis ojos
black eye → ojo m morado or amoratado
I gave him a black eye → le puse un ojo morado
she had a black eye → tenía or llevaba un ojo morado
to catch sb's eye → llamar la atención de algn
he accidentally caught her eye and looked away → su mirada se cruzó por casualidad con la de ella y apartó la vista
it was the biggest one I'd ever clapped eyes on → era el más grande que jamás me había echado a la cara
to cry one's eyes out → llorar a moco tendido or a lágrima viva
there wasn't a dry eye in the house → no había ojos sin lágrimas en todo el teatro
to have an eye or a keen eye for a bargain → tener mucha vista or buen ojo para las gangas
we need someone with an eye for detail → nos hace falta alguien que sea meticuloso
he's got his eye on you (= monitoring) → no te quita ojo, no te pierde de vista; (= attracted to) → te tiene echado el ojo
I've got my eye on that sofa in the sale → le tengo echado el ojo a ese sofá que vimos en las rebajas
she had eyes only for me → sólo tenía ojos para mí, no tenía ojos más que para mí
it hits you in the eye → salta a la vista
in the eyes of → a los ojos de
in the eyes of the law → a los ojos de la ley
to keep an eye on sth/sb (= watch) → vigilar algo/a algn, echar una mirada a algo/algn; (= look after) → cuidar algo/a algn
keep your eyes on the road! → ¡no quites los ojos de la carretera!
I'm keeping an eye on things while the boss is away → yo estoy al cargo del negocio mientras el jefe está fuera
at eye level → a la altura de los ojos
to look sb (straight) in the eye → mirar a algn (directamente) a los ojos
with the naked eye → a simple vista
he couldn't keep his eyes off the girl → se le fueron los ojos tras la chica
to keep an eye out or one's eyes open for sth/sb → estar pendiente de algo/algn
keep an eye out for the postman → estáte atento or pendiente a ver si ves al cartero
keep an eye out for snakes → cuidado por si hay culebras
keep your eyes open for bag-snatchers! → ¡mucho ojo, no te vayan a dar el tirón!
I haven't seen any recently but I'll keep my eyes open → últimamente no he visto ninguno pero estaré al tanto
I could hardly keep my eyes open → se me cerraban los ojos
I saw it with my own eyes → lo vi con mis propios ojos
to be in the public eye → estar a la luz pública
eyes right/left/front! → ¡vista a la derecha/izquierda/al frente!
to run one's eye over sth (from curiosity) → recorrer algo con la vista; (checking) → echar un vistazo a algo
as far as the eye can see → hasta donde alcanza la vista
it's five years since I last set or laid eyes on him → hace cinco años que no lo veo
the sun is in my eyes → me da el sol en los ojos
he didn't take his eyes off her for one second → no le quitó los ojos de encima ni por un segundo
with an eye to sth/to doing sth → con vistas or miras a algo/a hacer algo
with an eye to the future → cara al futuro
use your eyes! → ¡abre los ojos!
it happened before my very eyes → ocurrió delante de mis propios ojos
the grass grows before your very eyes → crece la hierba a ojos vistas
under the watchful eye of → bajo la atenta mirada de
to look at sth with or through the eyes of an expert → ver algo con ojos de experto
he was all eyes → era todo or (LAm) puros ojos
to have eyes in the back of one's head → tener ojos en la nuca
he must have eyes in the back of his head! → ¡no se le escapa una!
I haven't got eyes in the back of my head (iro) → ¿te crees que tengo ojos en la nuca o qué?
to give sb the (glad) eye → tirar los tejos a algn con miraditas
there's more to this than meets the eye → esto tiene más enjundia de lo que parece, esto tiene su miga
the decision was one in the eye for the president → la decisión supuso un auténtico varapalo para el presidente
to open sb's eyes to sth → abrir los ojos de algn a algo
to keep one's eyes peeled → estar alerta
to do sth with one's eyes (wide) open → hacer algo con los ojos abiertos
to make (sheep's) eyes at sb → lanzar miraditas insinuantes a algn, hacer ojitos a algn
to shut one's eyes to [+ truth, evidence, dangers] → cerrar los ojos a; [+ sb's shortcomings] → hacer la vista gorda a
I don't see eye to eye with him → no estoy de acuerdo con él
in the twinkling of an eye → en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
to be up to one's eyes (in work etc) → estar hasta aquí or agobiado de trabajo
an eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth) → ojo por ojo (y diente por diente)
see also blind A
see also feast B
see also mind A1
see also sight
2. [of potato] → yema f
3. [of storm] → ojo m
B. VT → mirar detenidamente, observar
she eyed him sullenly/with suspicion → lo miró detenidamente con gesto hosco/con recelo
she eyed the package curiously → observó (detenidamente) el paquete con curiosidad
I didn't like the way they eyed me up and down → no me gustaba la forma que tenían de mirarme de arriba abajo
an expensive leather jacket I had eyed for some time → una cazadora de cuero muy cara a la que hacía tiempo (que) le había echado el ojo
she eyed him sullenly/with suspicion → lo miró detenidamente con gesto hosco/con recelo
she eyed the package curiously → observó (detenidamente) el paquete con curiosidad
I didn't like the way they eyed me up and down → no me gustaba la forma que tenían de mirarme de arriba abajo
an expensive leather jacket I had eyed for some time → una cazadora de cuero muy cara a la que hacía tiempo (que) le había echado el ojo
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eye
[ˈaɪ] n
(ANATOMY) → œilm
I've got green eyes → J'ai les yeux verts.
as far as the eye can see → à perte de vue
to keep an eye on sth → surveiller qch
to keep an eye on sb → surveiller qn
to take one's eye off sth → détacher son regard de qch
to have an eye for sth → avoir l'œil pour qch
in the public eye → en vue
to keep sb/sth out of the public eye → ne pas exposer qn/qch
with an eye to doing sth (British) → en vue de faire qch
there's more to this than meets the eye → ce n'est pas aussi simple que cela paraît
to look at sth with a critical eye → regarder qch d'un œil critique
to turn a critical eye on sth → porter un regard critique sur qch
before one's eyes, in front of one's eyes, under one's eyes → sous ses yeux
to catch sb's eye [action, movement] → attirer l'attention de qn
A picture on the wall caught his eye → Une photo sur le mur a attiré son attention.; [person] → attirer le regard de qn
He tried to catch her eye → Il essaya d'attirer son regard.
to have one's eye on sb (= watch) → avoir qn à l'œil
all eyes are on them → tous les regards sont tournés vers eux
to have one's eye on sth (= want) → lorgner qch
to keep one's eyes open for sb/sth, to keep an eye out for sb/sth (= watch out for) → essayer de repérer qn/qch
to keep one's eyes peeled for sth → garder l'œil à l'affût de qch
to set eyes on sb/sth, to clap eyes on sb/sth, to lay eyes on sb/sth → voir qn/qch
to look sb in the eye → regarder qn dans les yeux
to meet sb's eyes → rencontrer le regard de qn
to see eye to eye (= agree) → être d'accord
to see eye to eye with sb → être d'accord avec qn
to see eye to eye with sb on sth → être d'accord avec qn au sujet de qch
to cast one's eye over sth, to run one's eye over sth → jeter un coup d'œil sur qch
to close one's eyes to sth, to shut one's eyes to sth (= ignore) → fermer les yeux sur qch
to cry one's eyes out → pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps
an eye for an eye → œil pour œil
to make eyes at sb → faire de l'œil à qn
to do sth with one's eyes open → faire qch en pleine connaissance de cause
to open sb's eyes to sth (= make aware of) → ouvrir les yeux à qn sur qch
to be up to one's eyes in sth → être dans qch jusqu'au cou
I've got green eyes → J'ai les yeux verts.
as far as the eye can see → à perte de vue
to keep an eye on sth → surveiller qch
to keep an eye on sb → surveiller qn
to take one's eye off sth → détacher son regard de qch
to have an eye for sth → avoir l'œil pour qch
in the public eye → en vue
to keep sb/sth out of the public eye → ne pas exposer qn/qch
with an eye to doing sth (British) → en vue de faire qch
there's more to this than meets the eye → ce n'est pas aussi simple que cela paraît
to look at sth with a critical eye → regarder qch d'un œil critique
to turn a critical eye on sth → porter un regard critique sur qch
before one's eyes, in front of one's eyes, under one's eyes → sous ses yeux
to catch sb's eye [action, movement] → attirer l'attention de qn
A picture on the wall caught his eye → Une photo sur le mur a attiré son attention.; [person] → attirer le regard de qn
He tried to catch her eye → Il essaya d'attirer son regard.
to have one's eye on sb (= watch) → avoir qn à l'œil
all eyes are on them → tous les regards sont tournés vers eux
to have one's eye on sth (= want) → lorgner qch
to keep one's eyes open for sb/sth, to keep an eye out for sb/sth (= watch out for) → essayer de repérer qn/qch
to keep one's eyes peeled for sth → garder l'œil à l'affût de qch
to set eyes on sb/sth, to clap eyes on sb/sth, to lay eyes on sb/sth → voir qn/qch
to look sb in the eye → regarder qn dans les yeux
to meet sb's eyes → rencontrer le regard de qn
to see eye to eye (= agree) → être d'accord
to see eye to eye with sb → être d'accord avec qn
to see eye to eye with sb on sth → être d'accord avec qn au sujet de qch
to cast one's eye over sth, to run one's eye over sth → jeter un coup d'œil sur qch
to close one's eyes to sth, to shut one's eyes to sth (= ignore) → fermer les yeux sur qch
to cry one's eyes out → pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps
an eye for an eye → œil pour œil
to make eyes at sb → faire de l'œil à qn
to do sth with one's eyes open → faire qch en pleine connaissance de cause
to open sb's eyes to sth (= make aware of) → ouvrir les yeux à qn sur qch
to be up to one's eyes in sth → être dans qch jusqu'au cou
(= point of view) in sb's eyes → aux yeux de qn
This might seem strange to European eyes → Cela peut paraître étrange aux yeux d'un Européen.
to see sth through sb's eyes → voir qch du point de vue de qn
to tell a story through sb's eyes → raconter une histoire du point de vue de qn
This might seem strange to European eyes → Cela peut paraître étrange aux yeux d'un Européen.
to see sth through sb's eyes → voir qch du point de vue de qn
to tell a story through sb's eyes → raconter une histoire du point de vue de qn
vt → examiner
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eye
n
(of human, animal, electronic) → Auge nt; with tears in her eyes → mit Tränen in den Augen; a gleam in somebody’s eye → ein Glitzern in jds Augen (dat); with one’s eyes closed/open (lit, fig) → mit geschlossenen/offenen Augen; an eye for an eye → Auge um Auge; eyes right! (Mil) → (die) Augen rechts!; eyes front! (Mil) → Augen geradeaus!; as far as the eye can see → so weit das Auge reicht; to be all eyes → große Augen machen; that’s one in the eye for him (inf) → da hat er eins aufs Dach gekriegt (inf); to cast or run one’s eye over something → etw überfliegen; to cast one’s eyes round a room → seine Blicke durch ein Zimmer wandern or schweifen lassen; his eye fell on a small door → sein Blick fiel auf eine kleine Tür; to rest one’s eye on something → seine Augen or den Blick auf etw (dat) → ruhen lassen; to look somebody (straight) in the eye → jdm in die Augen sehen; to set or clap (inf) eyes on somebody/something → jdn/etw zu Gesicht bekommen; a strange sight met our eyes → ein seltsamer Anblick bot sich uns; (why don’t you) use your eyes! → hast du keine Augen im Kopf?; with one’s own eyes → mit eigenen Augen; in front of or before my very eyes → (direkt) vor meinen Augen; it was there all the time right in front of my eyes → es lag schon die ganze Zeit da, direkt vor meiner Nase; under the watchful eye of the guard/their mother → unter der Aufsicht des Wächters/ihrer Mutter; your eyes are bigger than your stomach → deine Augen sind größer als dein Magen; you need eyes in the back of your head → da muss man hinten und vorne Augen haben; I don’t have eyes in the back of my head → ich hab doch hinten keine Augen; to keep an eye on somebody/something (= look after) → auf jdn/etw aufpassen; the police are keeping an eye on him (= have him under surveillance) → die Polizei beobachtet ihn; to keep one’s eye on the ball/main objective → sich auf den Ball/die Hauptsache konzentrieren; to take one’s eyes off somebody/something → die Augen or den Blick von jdm/etw abwenden; don’t take your eye off the ball → konzentrier dich auf den Ball; don’t take your eyes off the magician’s left hand → lassen Sie die linke Hand des Zauberkünstlers nicht aus den Augen; to have one’s eyes fixed on something → etw nicht aus den Augen lassen; to keep one’s eyes open or peeled (inf) or skinned (inf) → die Augen offen halten; to keep an eye open or out for something → nach etw Ausschau halten; to keep a watchful eye on the situation → die Sache im Auge behalten; to keep an eye on expenditure → auf die Ausgaben achten or aufpassen; to open somebody’s eyes to somebody/something → jdm die Augen über jdn/etw öffnen; to close or shut one’s eyes to something → die Augen vor etw (dat) → verschließen; to see eye to eye with somebody → mit jdm einer Meinung sein; to make eyes at somebody → jdm schöne Augen machen; to catch somebody’s eye → jds Aufmerksamkeit erregen; the dress caught my eye → das Kleid fiel or stach mir ins Auge; she would buy anything that caught her eye → sie kaufte alles, was ihr ins Auge fiel; he was a monster in their eyes → in ihren Augen war er ein Scheusal; in the eyes of the law → in den Augen des Gesetzes; through somebody’s eyes → durch or mit jds Augen; to look at a question through the eyes of an economist → eine Frage mit den Augen or aus der Sicht eines Volkswirts betrachten; with a critical/an uneasy eye → mit kritischem/besorgtem Blick; with an eye to the future → im Hinblick auf die Zukunft; with an eye to buying something → in der Absicht, etw zu kaufen; to have an eye to or for the main chance → jede Gelegenheit ausnutzen; I’ve got my eye on you → ich beobachte dich genau; to have one’s eye on something (= want) → auf etw (acc) → ein Auge geworfen haben; the eyes of the world or all eyes are on the police/the conference → die Polizei/die Konferenz steht im Blickpunkt der Öffentlichkeit; I only have eyes for you → ich habe nur Augen für dich; to have a keen eye for something → ein scharfes Auge für etw haben, einen scharfen Blick für etw haben; she has an eye for a bargain → sie hat einen Blick or ein Auge für günstige Käufe; he has no eye for beauty → ihm fehlt der Blick für Schönheit; he has a good eye for form → er hat ein Auge für Form; you need an eye for detail → man muss einen Blick fürs Detail haben; to get one’s eye in (shooting) → sich einschießen; (playing tennis etc) → sich einspielen; to be up to one’s eyes in work (Brit inf) → in Arbeit ersticken (inf); to be up to one’s eyes in debt (Brit inf) → bis über beide Ohren verschuldet sein (inf); he’s in it up to the eyes (inf) → er steckt bis zum Hals drin (inf); my eye! (inf) → Unsinn!; dry your eyes (Brit inf) → hör auf rumzujammern (inf)
(of needle) → Öhr nt; (of potato, on peacock’s tail) → Auge nt; (of hurricane) → Auge nt; in the eye of the wind (Naut) → in or gegen den Wind; the minister in the eye of the storm (fig) → der Minister im Mittelpunkt der Kontroverse ? hook and eye
eye
:eye appeal
eyeball
n → Augapfel m; to be eye to eye → sich Auge in Auge gegenüberstehen; drugged up to the eyes (esp Brit inf) → total zugedröhnt (inf)
eyebath
n → Augenbad nt; (= container) → Augenbadewanne f
eyebrow
n → Augenbraue f; to raise one’s eyes → die Augenbrauen hochziehen; (fig) → die Stirn runzeln (→ at sth über etw acc); he never raised an eye → er hat sich nicht einmal gewundert; that will raise a few eyes, there will be a few raised eyes (at that) → da werden sich einige wundern
eyebrow pencil
n → Augenbrauenstift m
eye candy
n (inf) → Augenschmaus m, → was fürs Auge (inf); that’s just eye (images, graphics etc) → das hat keinen Tiefgang
eye-catching
eye contact
eyecup
n (US) → Augenbadewanne f
eye
:eyeglass
n (old) → Augenglas nt (old)
eyeglasses
pl (US: = spectacles) → Brille f
eye gook
eyelash
eyelet
n → Öse f
eyelevel
adj attr grill → in Augenhöhe
eyelid
n → Augenlid nt
eye lift
n → Augenstraffung f
eyeliner
n → Eyeliner m
eye-minded
adj → visuell, vorwiegend mit Gesichtssinn begabt
eye-opener
n
(US inf: = drink) → (alkoholischer) Muntermacher
eye patch
n → Augenklappe f
eyepiece
n → Okular nt
eyeshade
n → Augenblende f, → Schild m
eye shadow
n → Lidschatten m
eyeshot
n → Sicht- or Sehweite f; within/out of eye → in/außer Sichtweite; we are out of his eye → er kann uns nicht mehr sehen
eyesight
n → Sehkraft f, → Sehvermögen nt; to have good/poor eye → gute/schlechte Augen haben; to lose one’s eye → das Augenlicht verlieren (geh), → erblinden; his eye is failing → seine Augen lassen nach, sein Sehvermögen lässt nach
eye socket
n (Anat) → Augenhöhle f
eyesore
eyestrain
eye test
n → Augentest m → or -untersuchung f
eye
:eyewash
eyewater
n (Physiol) → Augenflüssigkeit f
eyewitness
n → Augenzeuge m → /-zeugin f
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eye
[aɪ]1. n → occhio; (of needle) → cruna; (for hook) → occhiello
he gave him a black eye → gli ha fatto un occhio nero
eyes right/left! (Mil) → attenti a destra/sinistra!
as far as the eye can see → a perdita d'occhio
it happened before my very eyes → mi è successo proprio sotto gli occhi
I saw it with my own eyes → l'ho visto con i miei occhi
keep your eyes on the road ahead! → guarda la strada!
I could hardly keep my eyes open → non riuscivo a tenere gli occhi aperti
he didn't take his eyes off her → non le toglieva gli occhi di dosso
to catch sb's eye → attirare l'attenzione di qn
to look sb (straight) in the eye → guardare qn (dritto) negli occhi
to be in the public eye → essere in vista
in the eyes of → agli occhi di
under the (watchful) eye of → sotto lo sguardo (vigile) di
to keep an eye on sb/sth → tenere d'occhio qn/qc
to keep an eye on things (fam) → tenere d'occhio la situazione
to keep an eye out for sth/sb, one's eyes open for sth/sb → tenere gli occhi aperti per trovare qc/qn
to look at sth with the eye of an expert → guardare qc con l'occhio dell'esperto
with an eye to sth → in vista di qc
with an eye to doing sth (Brit) → con l'idea di fare qc
with one's eyes (wide) open (fig) → perfettamente conscio/a di ciò che si fa
to shut one's eyes to sth (fig) (to the truth, dangers, evidence) → chiudere gli occhi di fronte a qc (to sb's shortcomings) → chiudere un occhio su qc
to be up to one's eyes in work → essere pieno/a di lavoro fin sopra i capelli
to have an eye for sth → avere occhio per qc
there's more to this than meets the eye → non è così semplice come sembra
I don't see eye to eye with him → non condivido il suo punto di vista
it's five years since I last set or laid eyes on him → sono cinque anni che non lo vedo
use your eyes! (fam) → guarda un po' meglio!
that's one in the eye for him (fig) (fam) → gli sta bene
to make eyes at sb (fam) → fare gli occhi dolci a qn
she was all eyes → era tutt'occhi
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth → occhio per occhio dente per dente
he gave him a black eye → gli ha fatto un occhio nero
eyes right/left! (Mil) → attenti a destra/sinistra!
as far as the eye can see → a perdita d'occhio
it happened before my very eyes → mi è successo proprio sotto gli occhi
I saw it with my own eyes → l'ho visto con i miei occhi
keep your eyes on the road ahead! → guarda la strada!
I could hardly keep my eyes open → non riuscivo a tenere gli occhi aperti
he didn't take his eyes off her → non le toglieva gli occhi di dosso
to catch sb's eye → attirare l'attenzione di qn
to look sb (straight) in the eye → guardare qn (dritto) negli occhi
to be in the public eye → essere in vista
in the eyes of → agli occhi di
under the (watchful) eye of → sotto lo sguardo (vigile) di
to keep an eye on sb/sth → tenere d'occhio qn/qc
to keep an eye on things (fam) → tenere d'occhio la situazione
to keep an eye out for sth/sb, one's eyes open for sth/sb → tenere gli occhi aperti per trovare qc/qn
to look at sth with the eye of an expert → guardare qc con l'occhio dell'esperto
with an eye to sth → in vista di qc
with an eye to doing sth (Brit) → con l'idea di fare qc
with one's eyes (wide) open (fig) → perfettamente conscio/a di ciò che si fa
to shut one's eyes to sth (fig) (to the truth, dangers, evidence) → chiudere gli occhi di fronte a qc (to sb's shortcomings) → chiudere un occhio su qc
to be up to one's eyes in work → essere pieno/a di lavoro fin sopra i capelli
to have an eye for sth → avere occhio per qc
there's more to this than meets the eye → non è così semplice come sembra
I don't see eye to eye with him → non condivido il suo punto di vista
it's five years since I last set or laid eyes on him → sono cinque anni che non lo vedo
use your eyes! (fam) → guarda un po' meglio!
that's one in the eye for him (fig) (fam) → gli sta bene
to make eyes at sb (fam) → fare gli occhi dolci a qn
she was all eyes → era tutt'occhi
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth → occhio per occhio dente per dente
2. vt (look at carefully) → scrutare; (ogle) → adocchiare
eye up vt + adv (fam) → occhieggiare
he's been eyeing me up all evening → non mi ha staccato gli occhi di dosso per tutta la sera
he's been eyeing me up all evening → non mi ha staccato gli occhi di dosso per tutta la sera
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
eye
(ai) noun1. the part of the body with which one sees. Open your eyes; She has blue eyes.
2. anything like or suggesting an eye, eg the hole in a needle, the loop or ring into which a hook connects etc.
3. a talent for noticing and judging a particular type of thing. She has an eye for detail/colour/beauty.
verb to look at, observe. The boys were eyeing the girls at the dance; The thief eyed the policeman warily.
ˈeyeball noun1. the whole rounded structure of the eye.
2. the part of the eye between the eyelids.
ˈeyebrow noun the curved line of hair above each eye.
ˈeye-catching adjective striking or noticeable, especially if attractive. an eye-catching advertisement.
ˈeyelash noun one of the (rows of) hairs that grow on the edge of the eyelids. She looked at him through her eyelashes.
ˈeyelet (-lit) noun a small hole in fabric etc for a cord etc.
ˈeyelid noun the movable piece of skin that covers or uncovers the eye.
ˈeye-opener noun something that reveals an unexpected fact etc. Our visit to their office was a real eye-opener – they are so inefficient!
ˈeye-piece noun the part of a telescope etc to which one puts one's eye.
ˈeyeshadow noun a kind of coloured make-up worn around the eyes.
ˈeyesight noun the ability to see. I have good eyesight.
ˈeyesore noun something (eg a building) that is ugly to look at.
ˈeye-witness noun a person who sees something (eg a crime) happen. Eye-witnesses were questioned by the police.
before/under one's very eyes in front of one, usually with no attempt at concealment. It happened before my very eyes.
be up to the eyes in to be very busy or deeply involved in or with. She's up to the eyes in work.
close one's eyes to to ignore (especially something wrong). She closed her eyes to the children's misbehaviour.
in the eyes of in the opinion of. You've done no wrong in the eyes of the law.
keep an eye on1. to watch closely. Keep an eye on the patient's temperature.
2. to look after. Keep an eye on the baby while I am out!
lay/set eyes on to see, especially for the first time. I wish I'd never set eyes on her!
raise one's eyebrows to (lift one's eyebrows in order to) show surprise.
see eye to eye to be in agreement. We've never seen eye to eye about this matter.
with an eye to something with something as an aim. He's doing this with an eye to promotion.
with one's eyes open with full awareness of what one is doing. I knew what the job would involve – I went into it with my eyes open.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
eye
→ عَيْـن oko øje Auge μάτι ojo silmä œil oko occhio 目 눈 oog øye oko olho глаз öga ตา göz mắt 眼睛Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
eye
n. ojo;
amaurotic ___ → ___ amaurótico;
artificial ___ → ___ postizo;
black ___ → ___ amoratado, contusión ocular;
bleary ___ → ___ nublado; ___ legañoso;
bloodshot ___ → ___ inyectado;
chemical burns in ___ → quemaduras químicas oculares;
crossed-eyed → bizco;
cyclopian ___ → ___ de cíclope;
___ bank → banco de ojos;
___ contact → contacto visual;
___ diseases → enfermedades de los ojos, enfermedades de la vista;
___ drops → gotas para los ojos;
___ injuries → traumatismos oculares;
___ injury → lesión ocular;
___ memory → memoria visual;
___ strain → fatiga ocular;
foreign body in the ___ → cuerpo extraño en el ___;
glass ___ → ___ de cristal, ___ de vidrio;
lazy ___ → ambliopía;
light-adapted ___ → ___ adaptado a la luz;
master ___ → ___ maestro;
squinting ___ → ___ estrábico;
to keep an ___ on → cuidar, vigilar;
watery ___ → ___ lacrimoso.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
eye
n ojo; corner of the —ángulo del ojo; — shadow sombras para ojos; with the naked — a simple vistaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.