eye

noun
UK: /aɪ/
US: /aɪ/

  1. The organ of sight in humans and animals.

    1. She has blue eyes. [ ] [ ]
    2. The doctor examined my eye carefully after the accident. [ ] [ ]

  2. The ability to see; vision.

    1. He has a good eye for detail. [ ] [ ]
    2. With a keen eye, she spotted the flaw in the design immediately. [ ] [ ]

  3. A hole in a needle.

    1. Thread the needle's eye. [ ] [ ]
    2. She struggled to pass the thread through the eye of the tiny needle. [ ] [ ]

Synonyms

sight gaze view look stare peer
eye transitive-verb

  1. To look at or observe someone or something.

    1. I eyed him suspiciously. [ ] [ ]
    2. The cat eyed the bird with predatory interest before the jump. [ ] [ ]
eye intransitive-verb

  1. To look at with desire or interest.

    1. He is eyeing my car. [ ] [ ]
    2. She's been eyeing that dress in the window for weeks now. [ ] [ ]
eye idiom

  1. A phrase meaning 'in the opinion of'.

    1. In my eye, she is correct. [ ] [ ]
    2. In the eye of the public, the politician has lost credibility. [ ] [ ]
eye idiom

  1. A phrase meaning 'very expensive'.

    1. This phone costs an arm and a leg, and would cost you an eye. [ ] [ ]
    2. The repairs to the old house cost him an arm and a leg, and almost an eye. [ ] [ ]

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "eye" in English means: The organ of sight in humans and animals., The ability to see; vision., A hole in a needle..

The phonetic transcription of "eye" is /aɪ/ in British English and /aɪ/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "eye": sight, gaze, view, look, stare, peer.

Example usage of "eye": "She has blue eyes.". More examples on the page.