eye

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a small hole or loop (as in a needle)

   the thread wouldn't go through the eye

2. 2
   noun

   good discernment, either visually or as if visually

   The casting director has an eye for fresh talent.

3. 3
   noun

   attention to what is seen

   I tried to catch their eye.

4. 4
   noun

   An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).

   Near-synonym: eyeball

5. 5
   noun

   The visual sense.

   The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.

6. 6
   noun

   The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.

   Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.

7. 7
   noun

   Attention, notice.

   That dress caught her eye.

8. 8
   noun

   The ability to notice what others might miss.

   He has an eye for talent.

Etymology

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…