Main Entry: eye

Pronunciation: \ˈī\

Function: noun

1 : an organ of sight ; especially : a nearly spherical hollow organ that is lined with a sensitive retina, is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull, is the vertebrate organ of sight, and is normally paired

[eye illustration]

2 : all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows
3 : the faculty of seeing with eyes

—eye·less \ˈī-ləs\ adjective

—eye·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective