blear eye
A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy…A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.
» After dropping a curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A disease of the eyelids, involving chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter.
Examples
2 sentencesAfter dropping a curtsey, she stood blinking at us with her bleared eyes and fumbling in her pocket with nervous, shaky fingers.
But Lia was blear-eyed: Rachel was well favoured, and of a beautiful countenance.
Origin
From blear + eye.From blear + eye.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable