Eye Definition

eyed, eyeing, eyes, eying

noun

eyes

The organ of sight in humans and animals.

Webster's New World

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.

American Heritage Medicine

The eyeball.

Webster's New World

The external, visible portion of this organ together with its associated structures, especially the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows.

American Heritage Medicine

The iris.

Brown eyes.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
dekko
gold-dig
core
focus
heart
kernel
discrimination
perception
taste
aware of
mindful of
considering
refuse to consider
disregard
ignore

pronoun

(UK, colloquial) The comedic magazine Private Eye.

Wiktionary

(UK) The London Eye, a tourist attraction in London.

Wiktionary

verb

eyed, eyeing, eyes, eying

To look at.

Eyed the passing crowd with indifference.

American Heritage

To appear (to the eyes)

Webster's New World

To look at; watch carefully; observe.

Webster's New World

To provide with eyes, or holes.

Webster's New World

To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
look away

other

(An organ that is sensitive to light, by which means animals see): ocellus.

Wiktionary

idiom

all eyes

Fully attentive.

American Heritage

an eye for an eye

Punishment in which an offender suffers what the victim has suffered.

American Heritage

clap

To look at.

American Heritage

eye to eye

In agreement:
We're eye to eye on all the vital issues.

American Heritage

have eyes for

To be interested in.

American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Eye

Noun

Singular:

eye

Plural:

eyes

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Eye

all eyes
an eye for an eye
clap
eye to eye
have eyes for
have (one's) eye on
in the eye of the wind
in the public eye
my eye
with an eye to
with (one's) eyes closed
with (one's) eyes open
all eyes
an eye for an eye
catch someone's eye
eyes right (or left)
give someone the eye
have an eye for
have an eye to
have eyes for
in a pig's eye!
in the eye of the wind
in the public eye
keep an eye on
keep an eye out for
keep one's eyes open
lay eyes on
look someone in the eye
make eyes at
my eye!
open someone's eyes
run one's eye over
see eye to eye
see with half an eye
shut one's eyes to
turn a blind eye to
with an eye to

Origin of Eye

From Middle English, from Old English ēaġe (“eye”), from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”) (compare Scots ee, West Frisian each, Dutch oog, German Auge, Swedish öga), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”) (compare Latin oculus, Lithuanian akìs, Old Church Slavonic око (oko), Albanian sy, Ancient Greek ὤψ (ōps, “eye, face”), Armenian ակն (akn), Avestan [script?] (aši, “eyes”), Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Tocharian A ak). Related to ogle.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English ēge, ēage okw- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably from a nye changing to an eye.

From Wiktionary