eye
An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
Noun 4 meanings
An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
“Near-synonym: eyeball”
The visual sense.
“The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.”
The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
“Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.”
Attention, notice.
“That dress caught her eye.”
Verb 4 meanings
To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
“After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.”
To consider.
“Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.”
To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
Etymology
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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EYE at a glance
EYE has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (E 1 + Y 4 + E 1) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #979 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with eye
All rhymes- BUCKEYE18
- BULLSEYE13
- GOLDENEYE14
- WALLEYE13
- FISHEYE16
- SOCKEYE16
- REDEYE10
- RIBEYE11
- BIRDSEYE14
- DEADEYE12
- PINKEYE16
- BIGEYE12
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