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Noun: eye  I
  1. The organ of sight
    - oculus, optic
     
  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
    "they were in the eye of the storm"
    - center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], middle, heart
     
  5. A small hole or loop (as in a needle)
    "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"
Verb: eye (eyed,eyeing, also eying)  I
  1. Look at
    - eyeball

Sounds like: aye, I

Derived forms: eyes, eying, eyed, eyeing

See also: binocular, eyelet, ophthalmic, opthalmic

Type of: area, attending, attention, country, discernment, hole, judgement, judgment, look, receptor, sagaciousness, sagacity, sense organ, sensory receptor

Part of: face, human face, needle, visual system

Encyclopedia: Eye, Herefordshire Eye, Cambridgeshire Eye Eye, Suffolk Eye, Peterborough Eye, Leicestershire