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eyeMain Entry: 1eye Pronunciation: \ˈī\ Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek ōps eye, face, Sanskrit akṣi eye Date: before 12th century 1 a : a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight; especially : the nearly spherical usually paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull b : all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows c (1) : the faculty of seeing with eyes (2) : the faculty of intellectual or aesthetic perception or appreciation <an eye for beauty> (3) : skill or ability dependent upon eyesight <a batter with a good eye> d : look, glance <cast an eager eye> e (1) : an attentive look <kept an eye on his valuables> (2) : attention, notice <caught his eye> (3) : close observation : scrutiny <works under the eye of her boss> <in the public eye> f : point of view, judgment <beauty is in the eye of the beholder> —often used in plural <an offender in the eyes of the law> — eye·less \ˈī-ləs\ adjective — eye·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective — an eye for an eye : retribution in kind — my eye —used to express mild disagreement or sometimes surprise <a diamond, my eye! That's glass> — with an eye to also with an eye toward 1 : with awareness or contemplation of <with an eye to the future>
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