Definition of Eye

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Definition of Eye

Eye

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants.

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.

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.

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

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.

Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard.

That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance

The spots on a feather, as of peacock.

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.

The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.

The center of a target; the bull's-eye.

A small loop to receive a hook; as hooks and eyes on a dress.

The hole through the head of a needle.

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.

The hole through the upper millstone.

That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.

Tinge; shade of color.

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.

To appear; to look.

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Eye Quotations

He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
Buddha

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Thomas Jefferson

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.
Winston Churchill

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
Napoleon Hill

An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
Kahlil Gibran

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.
Kahlil Gibran

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
Benjamin Franklin

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Benjamin Franklin

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
Benjamin Franklin

Eye Translations

eye in Afrikaans is oog
eye in Dutch is kijker, oog
eye in French is maille, oeil
eye in German is Auge {n}
eye in Italian is occhio
eye in Latin is oculus
eye in Portuguese is olho
eye in Spanish is ojo

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