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eye

/ˈaɪ̯/ noun

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In Latin: oculus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about eye at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
    Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
  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.

verb

  1. To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
    After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.
  2. To consider.
    Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.
  3. To appear; to look.

noun

  1. The name of the Latin script letter I/i.

noun

  1. A brood.
    an eye of pheasants

Origin

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.

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