Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Having no eyes (organs of sight).

    Huge eyeless crabs roam the ocean floor around hydrothermal vents.

    augenlos

    безгла́зыйbezglázyj

    lacking sight

  2. (not comparable)Having no sight; blind.

    слепо́йslepój, незря́чийnezrjáčij

  3. (not comparable, uncommon)Having no eye: having no hole.

    eyeless needle

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
having no eyes:
having no sight:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having no eyes:

Origin

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachlea

From Middle English eyles, eieles, equivalent to eye + -less. Compare West Frisian eachleas (“eyeless”), Dutch oogloos (“eyeless”), German augenlos (“eyeless”), Swedish ögalös (“eyeless”), Icelandic augnalaus (“eyeless”).

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Derivedeyelessly

See also

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