dry eye
An eye disease caused by decreased tear productionAn eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
» Dry your eyes.
Trockne deine Tränen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Trocknen Sie Ihre Tränen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Витри очі. — deniko
Витріть очі. — deniko
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3 senses(uncountable)An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
(countable)An eye which is affected by this disease.
(countable, idiomatic, uncountable)An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.
There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.
Examples
14 sentencesDry your eyes.
Витри очі. — deniko
deTrockne deine Tränen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom dried his eyes.
deTom trocknete seine Tränen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Mary dried her eyes.
Мері витерла сльози з очей. — deniko
deMaria trocknete ihre Tränen. — wolfgangth
There wasn't a dry eye in the house.
deEs blieb kein Auge trocken. — Esperantostern
A side effect of the eye surgery is dry eyes.
Forms
plural: dry eyesWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable