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eye       (ī)  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) n.   An organ of vision or of light sensitivity. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the vertebrate organ of vision. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows. The pigmented iris of this organ. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables. An opening in a needle. The aperture of a camera. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread. A circular marking on a peacock's feather. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy. The faculty of seeing; vision. The ability to make intellectual or aesthetic judgments: has a good eye for understated fashion. A way of regarding something; a point of view: To my eye, the decorations are excellent. Attention: The lavish window display immediately got my eye. Watchful attention or supervision: always under his boss's eye; kept an eye on her valuables. An opening in a needle. The aperture of a camera. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread. A circular marking on a peacock's feather. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy. Something suggestive of the vertebrate organ of vision, especially: An opening in a needle. The aperture of a camera. A loop, as of metal, rope, or thread. A circular marking on a peacock's feather. Chiefly Southern U.S. The round flat cover over the hole on the top of a wood-burning stove. Also called regionally cap1, griddle. A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy. A photosensitive device, such as a photoelectric cell. Botany A bud on a twig or tuber: the eye of a potato. The often differently colored center of the corolla of some flowers. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy. Meteorology The circular area of relative calm at the center of a cyclone. The center or focal point of attention or action: right in the eye of the controversy. Informal A detective, especially a private investigator. A choice center cut of meat, as of beef: eye of the round. tr.v.   eyed, eye·ing or ey·ing (ī'ĭng), eyes To look at: eyed the passing crowd with indifference. To watch closely: eyed the shark's movements. To supply with an eye. [Middle English, from Old English ēge, ēage; see okw- in Indo-European roots.]

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eye
noun
1.	the organ of sight
2.	good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"
3.	attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye"
4.	an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm" [syn: center]
5.	a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"
verb
1.	look at

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In addition to the idioms beginning with eye, also see all eyes; apple of one's eye; believe one's ears (eyes); bird's-eye view; black eye; bright-eyed and bushy-tailed; catch someone's eye; close one's eyes; cry one's eyes out; eagle eye; easy on the eyes; evil eye; feast one's eyes on; give someone the once-over (eye); green-eyed monster; have an eye for; have one's eye on; hit between the eyes; hit the bull's-eye; in a pig's eye; in one's mind's eye; in the eye of the wind; in the public eye; in the twinkling of an eye; keep an eye on; keep an eye out; keep a weather eye; keep one's eye on the ball; keep one's eyes open; lay eyes on; look someone in the face (eye); make eyes at; more than meets the eye; my eye; naked eye; one eye on; open one's eyes; out of the corner of one's eye private eye; pull the wool over someone's eyes; run one's eyes over; see eye to eye; see with half an eye; sight for sore eyes; stars in one's eyes; throw dust in someone's eyes; turn a blind eye; up to one's ears (eyes); with an eye to; with one's eyes open; without batting an eye.

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eye       (ī)  Pronunciation Key  (click for larger image in new window) Anatomy The vertebrate organ of sight, composed of a pair of fluid-filled spherical structures that occupy the orbits of the skull. Incoming light is refracted by the cornea of the eye and transmitted through the pupil to the lens, which focuses the image onto the retina. Zoology An organ in invertebrates that is sensitive to light. See more at compound eye, eyespot. Botany A bud on a tuber, such as a potato. Meteorology The relatively calm area at the center of a hurricane or similar storm. See more at hurricane.

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The organ of sight. Some of its parts are the cornea, iris, lens, optic nerve, pupil, and retina.

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eye (ī)
n.

1. An organ of vision or of light sensitivity.
2. Either of a pair of hollow structures located in bony sockets of the skull, functioning together or independently, each having a lens capable of focusing incident light on an internal photosensitive retina from which nerve impulses are sent to the brain; the organ of vision.
3. The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.
4. The pigmented iris of this organ.
5. The faculty of seeing; vision.

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Blue Eye, MO (town, FIPS 6526) Location: 36.49986 N, 93.39641 W
Population (1990): 112 (56 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65611

Sleepy Eye, MN (city, FIPS 60844) Location: 44.29993 N, 94.72483 W
Population (1990): 3694 (1587 housing units)
Area: 3.7 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 56085

Blue Eye, AR (town, FIPS 7150) Location: 36.49597 N, 93.39692 W
Population (1990): 38 (18 housing units)
Area: 0.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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Eye\, n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See Nye.] (Zo["o]l.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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Eye\, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. e['a]ge; akin to OFries. [=a]ge, OS. ?ga, D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. ["o]ga, Dan. ["o]ie, Goth. aug?; cf. OSlav. oko, Lish. akis, L. okulus, Gr. ?, eye, ?, the two eyes, Skr. akshi. [root]10, 212. Cf. Diasy, Ocular, Optic, Eyelet, Ogle.]

1. The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus. Description of illustration: a b Conjunctiva; c Cornea; d Sclerotic; e Choroid; f Cillary Muscle; g Cillary Process; h Iris; i Suspensory Ligament; k Prosterior Aqueous Chamber between h and i; l Anterior Aqueous Chamber; m Crystalline Lens; n Vitreous Humor; o Retina; p Yellow spot; q Center of blind spot; r Artery of Retina in center of the Optic Nerve.

Note: The essential parts of the eye are inclosed in a tough outer coat, the sclerotic, to which the muscles moving it are attached, and which in front changes into the transparent cornea. A little way back of cornea, the crystalline lens is suspended, dividing the eye into two unequal cavities, a smaller one in front filled with a watery fluid, the aqueous humor, and larger one behind filled with a clear jelly, the vitreous humor. The sclerotic is lined with a highly pigmented membrane, the choroid, and this is turn is lined in the back half of the eyeball with the nearly transparent retina, in which the fibers of the optic nerve ramify. The choroid in front is continuous with the iris, which has a contractile opening in the center, the pupil, admitting light to the lens which brings the rays to a focus and forms an image upon the retina, where the light, falling upon delicate structures called rods and cones, causes them to stimulate the fibres of the optic nerve to transmit visual impressions to the brain.

2. The faculty of seeing; power or range of vision; hence, judgment or taste in the use of the eye, and in judging of objects; as, to have the eye of sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque.

3. The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion.

In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on. --Shak.

4. The space commanded by the organ of sight; scope of vision; hence, face; front; the presence of an object which is directly opposed or confronted; immediate presence.

We shell express our duty in his eye. --Shak.

Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes. --Shak.

5. Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. "Keep eyes upon her." --Shak.

Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage. --Addison.

6. That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance; as: (a) (Zo["o]l.) The spots on a feather, as of peacock. (b) The scar to which the adductor muscle is attached in oysters and other bivalve shells; also, the adductor muscle itself, esp. when used as food, as in the scallop. (c) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato. (d) The center of a target; the bull's-eye. (e) A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress. (f) The hole through the head of a needle. (g) A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; as an eye at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; as an eye through a crank; an eye at the end of rope. (h) The hole through the upper millstone.

7. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. "The very eye of that proverb." --Shak.

Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts. --Milton.

8. Tinge; shade of color. [Obs.]

Red with an eye of blue makes a purple. --Boyle.

By the eye, in abundance. [Obs.] --Marlowe.

Elliott eye (Naut.), a loop in a hemp cable made around a thimble and served.

Eye agate, a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. --Brande & C.

Eye animalcule (Zo["o]l), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end.

Eye doctor, an oculist.

Eye of a volute (Arch.), the circle in the center of volute.

Eye of day, Eye of the morning, Eye of heaven, the sun. "So gently shuts the eye day." --Mrs. Barbauld.

Eye of a ship, the foremost part in the bows of a ship, where, formerly, eyes were painted; also, the hawser holes. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Half an eye, very imperfect sight; a careless glance; as, to see a thing with half an eye; often figuratively. "Those who have but half an eye. " --B. Jonson.

To catch one's eye, to attract one's notice.

To find favor in the eyes (of), to be graciously received and treated.

To have an eye to, to pay particular attention to; to watch. "Have an eye to Cinna." --Shak.

To keep an eye on, to watch.

To set the eyes on, to see; to have a sight of.

In the eye of the wind (Naut.), in a direction opposed to the wind; as, a ship sails in the eye of the wind.

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Eye\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Eying or Eyeing.] To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view.

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength. --Milton.

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Eye\, v. i. To appear; to look. [Obs.]

My becomings kill me, when they do not Eye well to you. --Shak.

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(Heb. 'ain, meaning "flowing"), applied (1) to a fountain, frequently; (2) to colour (Num. 11:7; R.V., "appearance," marg. "eye"); (3) the face (Ex. 10:5, 15; Num. 22:5, 11), in Num. 14:14, "face to face" (R.V. marg., "eye to eye"). "Between the eyes", i.e., the forehead (Ex. 13:9, 16). The expression (Prov. 23:31), "when it giveth his colour in the cup," is literally, "when it giveth out [or showeth] its eye." The beads or bubbles of wine are thus spoken of. "To set the eyes" on any one is to view him with favour (Gen. 44:21; Job 24:23; Jer. 39:12). This word is used figuratively in the expressions an "evil eye" (Matt. 20:15), a "bountiful eye" (Prov. 22:9), "haughty eyes" (6:17 marg.), "wanton eyes" (Isa. 3:16), "eyes full of adultery" (2 Pet. 2:14), "the lust of the eyes" (1 John 2:16). Christians are warned against "eye-service" (Eph. 6:6; Col. 3:22). Men were sometimes punished by having their eyes put out (1 Sam. 11:2; Samson, Judg. 16:21; Zedekiah, 2 Kings 25:7). The custom of painting the eyes is alluded to in 2 Kings 9:30, R.V.; Jer. 4:30; Ezek. 23:40, a custom which still prevails extensively among Eastern women.