Word Finder - eye

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An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light).

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Bright lights really hurt my eyes.

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The visual sense.

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The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.

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The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.

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Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.

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Attention, notice.

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That dress caught her eye.

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The ability to notice what others might miss.

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He has an eye for talent.

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• perceptiveness

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A meaningful stare or look.

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She was giving him the eye at the bar.

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A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.

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A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.

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The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted.

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A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.

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• eyelet

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The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm.

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A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.

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The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.

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A reproductive bud in a potato.

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The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.

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A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or through a millstone.

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That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.

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Tinge; shade of colour.

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One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.

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The circle in the centre of a volute.

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The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.

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(game of go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.

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(usually plural) View or opinion.

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This victory will make us great in the eyes of the world.

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To observe carefully or appraisingly.

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After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.

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To appear; to look.

I feel the twinkle of his eye in his handshake.

Tears escaped one eye and trailed down his face.

Sean caught his eye and tossed his head towards the restrooms.

Keep a sharp eye out.

By the glimmer in his eye, he wanted her to move.

Damian caught his eye and looked pointedly at Dusty, silently asking if the Guardian had done as he asked and told his boss that the Natural was more than a new recruit.

The humor in her eyes summoned the dimple under his eye and lifted his brows.

I'll send Dusty out to keep an eye on Ireland.

I played dumb but I figured my phone lines were tapped and big brother had his eye on me twenty-four, seven.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the brake lights of the woman's car as she drove down the driveway.

Sure. He was like those guys in the musicals—loveable rogues who roll into town and catch the eye of the local star-struck gal and sweep them off their feet.

You're just as much a bull's eye if this monster is able to pick up your trail.

She couldn't dismiss the sight of his darkened eye or bloodied lip.

I was keeping my eye on Allen.

He could keep an eye on both the Other and the Magician better.

Yully touched her swollen eye and cheek self-consciously.

If nothing else, keep an eye on your brothers, I'd say.

He listened to what Langeron said, as if remarking, "So you are still at that silly business!" quickly closed his eye again, and let his head sink still lower.

Martha caught my eye and winked.

If he murdered me, he would have to look me in the eye when he did it.

From the corner of her eye, she saw Yancey look sharply at Len.

My client's in court out here and I'm keeping an eye on her assets.

I want to see him—look him in the eye!

If you can prove I'm guilty, I'll be willing to die nine times, but a mind's eye is no proof, because the Woggle-Bug has no mind to see with.

They were lined up as far as the eye could see on the Apian Way, the main road through Rome, as a warning to other slaves who might consider rebellion.

Headlights were backed up as far as the eye could see, waiting impatiently for someone to direct them away from the gridlock.

The next day Cade worked close to the house - trying to keep an eye on her, no doubt.

Out of the corner of my eye, I was surprised to notice a strange look on Martha's face.

Keep an eye on Sirian.

Yes; for they eat of the dama-fruit, as we all do, and that keeps them from being seen by any eye, whether human or animal.

Life existed at a scale smaller than the eye could see.

Is our nation so poor or so weak that we must resort to the ultimate in pragmatism and befriend nations in the name of commerce or prosperity or military security while turning a blind eye to the suffering of their people?

Having said all of that, government should certainly be watched with a suspicious eye, for it could conceivably delay or derail our ascent to the next golden age.

Ah, ordered to keep an eye on me!

Katie shrugged her shoulders and focused on cutting an eye from the potato in her hand.

She gouged an eye out of the potato she was holding.

Either that or change my eye glass prescription.

My fiancée gave me a cold eye as I hesitated before answering.

Howie doesn't want you to simply telephone Willard Humphries; he wants you to go down there and look him in the eye when you ask him.

She opened one eye, then the other, confirming his words.

Jule sat with his back against the far wall, his lip bloodied, one eye black, and his hands chained above his head to the pipes running from the floor to the ceiling.

You must focus on controlling your breathing and keep your eye on the target.

How had he ever turned a blind eye to her?

The only other soul she'd touched had told her its life story in a blink of the eye, terrifying her.

Larkin asked, trying to look down at Martha and at the same time keeping a wary eye on Dean, who was ready to kill her.

Jennifer Radisson, in spite of her height and eye catching blonde hair, was quickly lost in the happy crowd that clogged the sidewalks.

He kept an eye out for Billy Langstrom, whom he still hoped to talk to, but he spotted neither him nor Pumpkin Green in the crowd.

His eye caught something off to the side, but it was quickly gone as the darkness returned.

This duty was about as pleasant as a stick in the eye in Dean's mind, but the interrupted householders were uniformly pleasant to him, making the necessary ordeal nearly tolerable.

Fitzgerald growled something about keeping an eye on them, but he stood far enough away from Cynthia to protect his other cheek.