Толковый словарь английского языка - eye
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga ~, Latin oculus, Greek ōps ~, face, Sanskrit akṣi ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight, all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including ~lids, ~lashes, and ~brows, c. the faculty of seeing with ~s, the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation , skill or ability dependent upon ~sight , look , glance , e. an attentive look , attention , notice , close observation ; scrutiny , point of view , judgment , something having an appearance suggestive of an ~: as, the hole through the head of a needle, a usually circular marking (as on a peacock's tail), loop , an undeveloped bud (as on a potato), an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation, the center of a flower especially when differently colored or marked, g. a triangular piece of beef cut from between the top and bottom of a round, the chief muscle of a chop, a compact mass of muscular tissue usually embedded in fat in a rib or loin cut of meat, a device (as a photoelectric cell) that functions in a manner analogous to human vision, something central ; center , the direction from which the wind is blowing, ~less adjective ~like adjective II. verb (~d; ~ing or eying) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to fix the ~s on ; look at , contemplate , consider , to watch or study closely , to furnish with an ~, intransitive verb seem , look , ~r noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in some invertebrates. 2 the eye characterized by the colour of the iris (has blue eyes). 3 the region round the eye (eyes red from weeping). 4 a glass or plastic ball serving as an artificial eye (his eye fell out). 5 (in sing. or pl.) sight; the faculty of sight (demonstrate to the eye; need perfect eyes to be a pilot). 6 a particular visual faculty or talent; visual appreciation (a straight eye; cast an expert eye over). 7 (in sing. or pl.) a look, gaze, or glance, esp. as indicating the disposition of the viewer (a friendly eye). 8 mental awareness; consciousness. 9 a person or animal etc. that sees on behalf of another. 10 a = electric eye. b = private eye. 11 a thing like an eye, esp.: a a spot on a peacock's tail (cf. EYELET n. 3). b the leaf bud of a potato. 12 the centre of something circular, e.g. a flower or target. 13 the relatively calm region at the centre of a storm or hurricane. 14 an aperture in an implement, esp. a needle, for the insertion of something, e.g. thread. 15 a ring or loop for a bolt or hook etc. to pass through. --v.tr. (eyes, eyed, eyeing or eying) watch or observe closely, esp. admiringly or with curiosity or suspicion. Phrases and idioms all eyes 1 watching intently. 2 general attention (all eyes were on us). before one's (or one's very) eyes right in front of one. do a person in the eye colloq. defraud or thwart a person. eye-bolt a bolt or bar with an eye at the end for a hook etc. eye-catching colloq. striking, attractive. eye contact looking directly into another person's eyes. an eye for an eye retaliation in kind (Exodus 21:24). eye language the process of communication by the expression of the eyes. eye-level the level seen by the eyes looking horizontally (eye-level grill). eye-liner a cosmetic applied as a line round the eye. eye mask 1 a covering of soft material saturated with a lotion for refreshing the eyes. 2 a covering for the eyes. eye-opener colloq. 1 an enlightening experience; an...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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