ey·as ['ī-əs] -n

  1. an unfledged bird
  2. a nestling hawk

eye [] -n, adj

  1. a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight
  2. the nearly spherical usu. paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull
  3. all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows
  4. the faculty of seeing with eyes
  5. the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation
    • an eye for beauty
  6. skill or ability dependent upon eyesight
    • a batter with a good eye
  7. look, glance
    • cast an eager eye
  8. an attentive look
    • kept an eye on his valuables
  9. attention, notice
    • caught his eye
  10. close observation : scrutiny
    • works under the eye of her boss
    • in the public eye
  11. point of view, judgment
    • beauty is in the eye of the beholder
    often used in pl.
    • an offender in the eye s of the law
  12. : something having an appearance suggestive of an eye: as
  13. the hole through the head of a needle
  14. a usu. circular marking (as on a peacock's tail)
  15. loop
  16. a loop or catch to receive a hook
  17. an undeveloped bud (as on a potato)
  18. an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation
  19. the center of a flower esp. when differently colored or marked
  20. the disk of a composite
  21. a triangular piece of beef cut from between the top and bottom of a round
  22. the chief muscle of a chop
  23. a compact mass of muscular tissue usu. embedded in fat in a rib or loin cut of meat
  24. a device (as a photoelectric cell) that functions in a manner analogous to human vision
  25. something central : center
    • the eye of the problem -- Norman Mailer
  26. the direction from which the wind is blowing
  27. to fix the eyes on : look at
    • they eyed him suspiciously
  28. contemplate, consider
    • eye ing the choices
  29. to watch or study closely
    • eye ing changes in the stock market
  30. to furnish with an eye
  31. seem, look

eye·ball ['ī-,bȯl] -n

  1. the more or less globular capsule of the vertebrate eye formed by the sclera and cornea together with their contained structures
  2. people who view something (as an advertisement)
    • Web sites competing for eyeball s

eyeball -vt

  1. to look at intently esp. in making an evaluation or choice
    • diners eyeball ing the menu
    • eyeball the competition
  2. based on observation
    • eyeball judgment

eyeballtoeyeball -adv or adj

  1. face-to-face

eye bank -n

  1. a storage place for human corneas from the newly dead for transplant to the eyes of those blind from corneal defects

eye·bar ['ī-,bär] -n

  1. a metal bar having a closed loop at one or both ends

eye·blink ['ī-,bliŋk] -n

  1. a brief period of time
  2. instant
  3. blink

eye·bolt ['ī-'bōlt] -n

  1. a bolt with a looped head

eye·bright ['ī-,brīt] -n

  1. any of a genus ( Euphrasia) of semiparasitic herbs of the snapdragon family with spikelike racemes

eye·brow ['ī-,brau̇] -n

  1. the ridge over the eye or the hair growing on it

eyebrow pencil -n

  1. a cosmetic pencil for the eyebrows

eye candy -n

  1. something superficially attractive to look at

eyecatch·er ['ī-,ka-chər, -,ke-] -n, adj, adv

  1. something that arrests the eye

eye chart -n

  1. a chart read at a fixed distance for purposes of testing sight
  2. one with rows of letters or objects of decreasing size

eye contact -n

  1. visual contact with another person's eyes

eye·cup ['ī-,kəp] -n

  1. a small oval cup with a rim curved to fit the orbit of the eye used for applying liquid remedies to the eyes
  2. optic cup
  3. a usu. rubber cup at the eyepiece of an optical instrument (as binoculars) for keeping out extraneous light

eyed ['īd] -adj

  1. having an eye or eyes esp. of a specified kind or number often used in combination
    • an almond- eyed girl

eyed·ness ['īd-nəs] -n

  1. preference for the use of one eye instead of the other (as in using a monocular microscope)

eye·drop·per ['ī-,drä-pər] -n

  1. dropper

eye·drops [-,dräps] -n pl

  1. a medicated solution for the eyes applied in drops

eye·ful ['ī-,fu̇l] -n

  1. a full or completely satisfying view
  2. one that is visually attractive
  3. a strikingly beautiful woman

eye·glass ['ī-,glas] -n

  1. eyepiece
  2. a lens worn to aid vision
  3. monocle
  4. glasses, spectacles
  5. eyecup

eye·hole ['ī-,hōl] -n

  1. orbit
  2. peephole

eye·lash ['ī-,lash] -n

  1. the fringe of hair edging the eyelid usu. used in pl.
  2. a single hair of the eyelashes
  3. hairbreadth

eye lens -n

  1. the lens nearest the eye in an eyepiece

eye·let ['ī-lət] -n

  1. a small hole designed to receive a cord or used for decoration (as in embroidery)
  2. a small typically metal ring to reinforce an eyelet : grommet
  3. peephole, loophole

eye·lid ['ī-,lid] -n

  1. either of the movable folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball

eye lift -n

  1. blepharoplasty

eye·lin·er ['ī-,lī-nər] -n

  1. makeup used to emphasize the contour of the eyes

ey·en [] -n, adj

(variant of eye)

  1. a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight
  2. the nearly spherical usu. paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull
  3. all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows
  4. the faculty of seeing with eyes
  5. the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation
    • an eye for beauty
  6. skill or ability dependent upon eyesight
    • a batter with a good eye
  7. look, glance
    • cast an eager eye
  8. an attentive look
    • kept an eye on his valuables
  9. attention, notice
    • caught his eye
  10. close observation : scrutiny
    • works under the eye of her boss
    • in the public eye
  11. point of view, judgment
    • beauty is in the eye of the beholder
    often used in pl.
    • an offender in the eye s of the law
  12. : something having an appearance suggestive of an eye: as
  13. the hole through the head of a needle
  14. a usu. circular marking (as on a peacock's tail)
  15. loop
  16. a loop or catch to receive a hook
  17. an undeveloped bud (as on a potato)
  18. an area like a hole in the center of a tropical cyclone marked by only light winds or complete calm with no precipitation
  19. the center of a flower esp. when differently colored or marked
  20. the disk of a composite
  21. a triangular piece of beef cut from between the top and bottom of a round
  22. the chief muscle of a chop
  23. a compact mass of muscular tissue usu. embedded in fat in a rib or loin cut of meat
  24. a device (as a photoelectric cell) that functions in a manner analogous to human vision
  25. something central : center
    • the eye of the problem -- Norman Mailer
  26. the direction from which the wind is blowing
  27. to fix the eyes on : look at
    • they eyed him suspiciously
  28. contemplate, consider
    • eye ing the choices
  29. to watch or study closely
    • eye ing changes in the stock market
  30. to furnish with an eye
  31. seem, look

eyeopen·er ['ī-,ōp-nər, -,ō-pə-] -n, adj

  1. a drink intended to wake one up
  2. something startling, surprising, or enlightening
    • her biography is a real eyeopener

eye·piece ['ī-,pēs] -n

  1. the lens or combination of lenses at the eye end of an optical instrument

eye·pop·per ['ī-,pä-pər] -n, adj

  1. something that excites, astonishes, or attracts the eye

eye rhyme -n

  1. an imperfect rhyme that appears to have identical vowel sounds from similarity of spelling (as moveand love)

eye·shade ['ī-,shād] -n

  1. a visor that shields the eyes from strong light and is fastened on with a headband

eye shadow -n

  1. a cosmetic cream or powder in one of various colors that is applied to the eyelids to accent the eyes

eye·shot ['ī-,shät] -n

  1. the range of the eye : view

eye·sight ['ī-,sīt] -n

  1. sight
  2. observation

eye socket -n

  1. orbit

eyes only -adj

  1. to be read only by the person addressed

eye·sore ['ī-,sȯr] -n

  1. something offensive to view
    • the old factory has become an eyesore

eye·spot ['ī-,spät] -n

  1. a spot of color
  2. a simple visual organ of pigment or pigmented cells covering a sensory termination : ocellus
  3. a small pigmented body of various unicellular algae
  4. any of several fungal diseases of cultivated grasses (as corn, wheat, and sugarcane) characterized by yellowish oval lesions on the leaves and stem

eye·stalk ['ī-,stȯk] -n

  1. one of the movable peduncles bearing an eye at the tip in a decapod crustacean

eye·strain ['ī-,strān] -n

  1. weariness or a strained state of the eye

eye·strings ['ī-,striŋz] -n pl

  1. organic eye attachments formerly believed to break at death or blindness

eye·tooth ['ī-'tüth] -n

  1. a canine tooth of the upper jaw

eye view -n

  1. point of view
    • an alien eye view

eye·wash ['ī-,wȯsh, -,wäsh] -n

  1. an eye lotion
  2. misleading or deceptive statements, actions, or procedures

eye·wear ['ī-,wer] -n

  1. corrective or protective devices (as glasses or contact lenses) for the eyes

eye·wink ['ī-,wiŋk] -n

  1. look, glance

eye·wit·ness ['ī-'wit-nəs] -n

  1. one who sees an occurrence or an object
  2. one who gives a report on what he or she has seen

eyre ['er] -n

  1. a circuit traveled by an itinerant justice in medieval England or the court he presided over

ey·rie ['er-ē, 'ir-, 'ā-(ə-)rē] -n

(variant of aerie)

  1. the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop
  2. a brood of birds of prey
  3. an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure, or position

ey·rir ['ā-,rir] -n

  1. see krona at