Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable)An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.

  2. (countable)An eye which is affected by this disease.

  3. (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 sentences
  1. Dry your eyes.

    Витри очі. — deniko

    deTrockne deine Tränen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom dried his eyes.

    deTom trocknete seine Tränen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Mary dried her eyes.

    Мері витерла сльози з очей. — deniko

    deMaria trocknete ihre Tränen. — wolfgangth

  4. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

    deEs blieb kein Auge trocken. — Esperantostern

  5. A side effect of the eye surgery is dry eyes.

Forms

plural: dry eyes
Singulardry eye
Pluraldry eyes

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relateddry-eyed

See also

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