eye
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈaɪ̯/]
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Senses
1. eye (noun) — sense 1
Definition: An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
Example: Near-synonym: eyeball
2. eye (noun) — sense 2
Definition: The visual sense.
Example: The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
3. eye (noun) — sense 3
Definition: The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
Example: Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
4. eye (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
Example: After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.
5. eye (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To consider.
Example: Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.
6. eye (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To appear; to look.
Example: My becomings kill me, when they do not eye well to you.
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₃ekʷ (Proto-Indo-European)
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