eye

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   One of the two organs in your face that you see with.

   She has bright blue eyes.

2. 2
   noun

   A special ability to notice or judge something well.

   The casting director has an eye for fresh talent.

3. 3
   noun

   Attention or notice.

   That bright red dress caught her eye.

4. 4
   noun

   A small hole or loop, such as the one in a needle for thread.

   The thread wouldn't go through the eye of the needle.

Common collocations

• close your eyes Verb + noun
• rub your eyes Verb + noun
• shade your eyes Verb + noun
• avert your eyes Verb + noun
• eye clinic Noun + noun
• impartial eye Adjective + noun
• perceptive eye Adjective + noun

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye From Middle English eye, yë, eyghe, from Old English ēage (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle. Cognates Cognate with Scots ee, eh (“eye”), North Frisian Oog, uug (“eye”), Saterland Frisian Oge, Ooge (“eye”), West Frisian each (“eye”), Alemannic German, Bavarian Aug (“eye”), Central Franconian Au, Auch, Ooch (“eye”), Dutch oog (“eye”), German…

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