Meaning

30 senses
  1. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).

    Near-synonym: eyeball

    Bright lights really hurt my eyes.

    Auge, Aug

    глазglaz, о́коóko

    о́коóko

  2. The visual sense.

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

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

    Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.

    Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted.

  4. Attention, notice.

    That dress caught her eye.

    attention to what is seen

  5. The ability to notice what others might miss.

    He has an eye for talent.

    Auge

    глазglaz, нюхnjux, чутьёčutʹjó

  6. A meaningful look or stare.

    (usually)A sexually or romantically suggestive one.

    She was giving him the eye at the bar.

  7. (usually)An angry, annoyed, or malicious one.

    When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.

  8. An angry, annoyed, or malicious one.

    (usually)An evil one.

    He sought the help of an alchemist regarding remedies to ward off the eye.

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

    Öhr, Nadelöhr

    ушко́uškó

    ву́шкоvúško

    a small hole or loop (as in a needle)

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

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

    Öse

    глазо́кglazók

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

Examples

5542 sentences
  1. He hit me in the eye.

    Він ударив мене в око. — miketheknight

    ruОн ударил меня в глаз. — Balamax

  2. He looked me in the eye.

    Він подивився мені в очі. — aandrusiak

    ruОн посмотрел мне в глаза. — sharptoothed

    deEr schaute mir in die Augen. — Manfredo

  3. He is blind in one eye.

    Він сліпий на одне око. — aandrusiak

    ruОн слепой на один глаз. — NastyaKayokhtina

    deEr ist auf einem Auge blind. — Kerstin

  4. I saw tears in her eyes.

    Я бачив сльози в її очах. — ascolto

    ruЯ увидел в её глазах слёзы. — marafon

  5. I'd like to buy eye drops.

    Я хотів би купити краплі для очей. — deniko

    ruЯ хотела бы купить глазные капли. — elsteris

    deIch würde gerne Augentropfen kaufen. — Zaghawa

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
organ:
hole in needle:
Русский
By meaning 4
organ:
ability to notice what others might miss:
hole in needle:
loop of metal:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
organ:
hole in needle:
loop of metal:
mark on an animal resembling an eye:
of a potato:

Origin

From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“

From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle.

Probably from rebracketing of a nye as an eye.

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Forms

plural: eyes

Synonyms

19 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

297 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • an an eye
  • an eye on
  • closed his eyes
  • his eyes closed
  • with his eyes
  • eyes closed
  • his eyes and
  • close your eyes
  • blue eyes
  • black eye
  • keep your eyes
  • opened his eyes

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
eye — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto