bulls, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.].

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidæ); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale. [1913 Webster]
" The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope." [1913 Webster]
One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. Ps. xxii. 12. [1913 Webster]
Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. [1913 Webster]
"At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun,
And the bright Bull receives him." [1913 Webster]
One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th Bear, n., 5. [1913 Webster]
a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an expletive. [WordNet 1.5]

Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. -- John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. “Good-looking young John Bull.” W. D.Howells. -- To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it.

bulls, a.

Of or pertaining to a bull; resembling a bull; male; large; fierce. [1913 Webster]

Bull bat (Zoöl.), the night hawk; -- so called from the loud noise it makes while feeding on the wing, in the evening. -- Bull calf. (a) A stupid fellow. -- Bull mackerel (Zoöl.), the chub mackerel. -- Bull pump (Mining), a direct single-acting pumping engine, in which the steam cylinder is placed above the pump. -- Bull snake (Zoöl.), the pine snake of the United States. -- Bull stag, a castrated bull. See Stag. -- Bull wheel, a wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.

bulls, v. i.

To be in heat; to manifest sexual desire as cows do. [1913 Webster]

bulls, v. t.

To endeavor to raise the market price of; as, to bull railroad bonds; to bull stocks; to bull Lake Shore; to endeavor to raise prices in; as, to bull the market. See 1st Bull, n., 4. [1913 Webster]

bulls, n. [OE. bulle, fr. L. bulla bubble, stud, knob, LL., a seal or stamp: cf. F. bulle. Cf. Bull a writing, Bowl a ball, Boil, v. i.].

A seal. See Bulla. [1913 Webster]
A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated “a die Incarnationis,” i. e., “from the day of the Incarnation.” See Apostolical brief, under Brief. [1913 Webster]
"A fresh bull of Leo's had declared how inflexible the court of Rome was in the point of abuses." [1913 Webster]
A grotesque blunder in language; an apparent congruity, but real incongruity, of ideas, contained in a form of expression; so called, perhaps, from the apparent incongruity between the dictatorial nature of the pope's bulls and his professions of humility. [1913 Webster]
"And whereas the papist boasts himself to be a Roman Catholic, it is a mere contradiction, one of the pope's bulls, as if he should say universal particular; a Catholic schimatic." [1913 Webster]

The Golden Bull, an edict or imperial constitution made by the emperor Charles IV. (1356), containing what became the fundamental law of the German empire; -- so called from its golden seal.

Syn. -- See Blunder.

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bulls, n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 a an uncastrated male bovine animal. b a male of the whale, elephant, and other large animals.
2 (the Bull) the zodiacal sign or constellation Taurus.
3 Brit. the bull's-eye of a target.
4 Stock Exch. a person who buys shares hoping to sell them at a higher price later (cf. BEAR(2)).
--adj. like that of a bull (bull neck).
--v.
1 tr. & intr. act or treat violently.
2 Stock Exch. a intr. speculate for a rise. b tr. raise price of (stocks, etc.).

Idiom

bull ant Austral. = bulldog ant. bull at a gate a hasty or rash person. bull-fiddle US colloq. a double-bass. bull-horn a megaphone. bull in a china shop a reckless or clumsy person. bull market a market with shares rising in price. bull-nose (or -nosed) with rounded end. bull session US an informal group discussion. bull's-eye
1 the centre of a target.
2 a large hard peppermint-flavoured sweet.
3 a hemisphere or thick disc of glass in a ship's deck or side to admit light.
4 a small circular window.
5 a a hemispherical lens. b a lantern fitted with this.
6 a boss of glass at the centre of a blown glass sheet.
bull-terrier
1 a short-haired dog of a breed that is a cross between a bulldog and a terrier.
2 this breed. take the bull by the horns face danger or challenge boldly.

Derivative

bullish adj.

bulls, n. a papal edict.

bulls, n.
1 (also Irish bull) an expression containing a contradiction in terms or implying ludicrous inconsistency.
2 sl. a unnecessary routine tasks or discipline. b nonsense. c trivial or insincere talk or writing. d US a bad blunder (cf. BULLSHIT).

Etymology

17th c.: orig. unkn.

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Brahman, Dogberry, Indian buffalo, Irish bull, John Law, Pastoral Epistle, aerogram, air letter, airgraph, anacoluthon, andric, appointment, assault, aurochs, babble, balderdash, balls, baloney, bear, bear the market, bear upon, beef, beef cattle, beeves, big, bilge, billet-doux, billy, billy goat, bison, blabber, blague, blah, blah-blah, blather, blatherskite, blooper, bluebottle, bluecoat, blunder, boar, bobby, boner, boost, bop, bosh, bossy, bovine, bovine animal, brevet, bubbly-jock, buck, buffalo, bull account, bull the market, bulldoze, bullock, bullshit, bump, bump against, bungle, bunk, bunkum, bunt, butt, butt against, calf, carabao, catachresis, cattle, chain letter, chanticleer, claptrap, cock, cockerel, commandant, constable, cop, copper, cow, cram, crap, critter, crowd, custodian, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dead letter, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, dick, dictum, dig, diktat, dimissorial, dimissory letter, dog, dogie, drake, drive, drivel, drool, drop letter, edict, edictum, elbow, encyclical, entire, entire horse, eyewash, fan letter, fat, fiat, flam, flapdoodle, flatfoot, flattie, flimflam, fluff, folk etymology, force, form letter, fuzz, gabble, gammon, gander, gaoler, gas, gendarme, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, gibber, gibble-gabble, goad, gobbler, governor, grammatical error, great, guard, guardian, guff, gumshoe, gup, hart, he-goat, heifer, hogwash, hoke, hokum, hooey, hornless cow, hot air, humbug, humbuggery, hurtle, husky, hustle, hypercorrection, hyperform, ipse dixit, jab, jabber, jailer, jam, jiggery-pokery, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, keeper, kine, lapse, law, leppy, letter of credit, letter of introduction, letters credential, letters of marque, letters of request, letters overt, letters patent, letters rogatory, long, long account, long interest, long side, longs, love letter, malaprop, malapropism, malarkey, male, manful, manipulate the market, manlike, manly, mannish, marrowsky, masculine, maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, mispronunciation, missaying, mistake, misusage, monitory, moonshine, muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, neat, newsletter, nixie, nudge, officer, open letter, ordinance, ordonnance, ox, oxen, paddy, pastoral letter, peacock, peeler, peg the market, piffle, pig, pile drive, poison-pen letter, poke, poppycock, prate, prattle, press, principal keeper, prison guard, proclamation, prod, pronouncement, pronunciamento, punch, push, raid the market, ram, ram down, rattle, rescript, rig the market, rooster, rot, round robin, rule, ruling, run, run against, scat, screw, senatus consult, senatus consultum, shake, shamus, shit, shoulder, shove, slip, solecism, spoonerism, stag, stallion, steer, stirk, stot, stress, stud, studhorse, talk nonsense, tamp, the cops, the fuzz, the law, thrust, tom, tom turkey, tomcat, tommyrot, top cow, top horse, trip, tripe, tup, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, turnkey, twaddle, twattle, ukase, uneffeminate, vapor, waffle, warden, warder, wash sales, wether, whipsaw, wind, wisent, yak, yearling, zebu

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Solecism

N solecism, bad grammar, false grammar, faulty grammar, slip of the pen, slip of the tongue, lapsus linguae, slipslop, bull, barbarism, impropriety, ungrammatical, incorrect, inaccurate, faulty, improper, incongruous, solecistic, solecistical.

Command

N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.

Merchant

N merchant, trader, dealer, monger, chandler, salesman, changer, regrater, shopkeeper, shopman, tradesman, tradespeople, tradesfolk, retailer, chapman, hawker, huckster, higgler, pedlar, colporteur, cadger, Autolycus, sutler, vivandiere, costerman, costermonger, tallyman, camelot, faker, vintner, money broker, money changer, money lender, cambist, usurer, moneyer, banker, jobber, broker, buyer, seller, bear, bull, concern, firm.

Stock Market

N stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange, bourse, board, the big board, the New York Stock Exchange, the market, the open market, over-the-counter market, privately traded issues, commodities exchange, futures exchange, futures market, the pit, the floor, ticker, stock ticker, quotation, stock index, market index, the Dow Jones Index, the Dow Industrials, the transportation index, utilities, the utilities index, the New York Stock Exchange index, the Nikkei index, the Financial Times index, the FTI, the over-the-counter index, NASDAQ index, broker, stockbroker, jobber, stock dealer, odd-lot dealer, specialist, investor, speculator, operator, bull, buyer, bear, short seller, scalper, arbitrager, arbitrageur, stockholder, share-holder, stockholder of record, bond holder, coupon- clipper, investment, speculation.

Animal

N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.

Man

N man, male, he, him, manhood, gentleman, sir, master, sahib, yeoman, wight, swain, fellow, blade, beau, elf, chap, gaffer, good man, husband, Mr, mister, boy, cock, drake, gander, dog, boar, stag, hart, buck, horse, entire horse, stallion, gibcat, tomcat, he goat, Billy goat, ram, tup, bull, bullock, capon, ox, gelding, steer, stot, androgen, homosexual, gay, queen, male, he-, masculine, manly, virile, unwomanly, unfeminine, Pron, he, him, his, hominem pagina nostra sapit, homo homini aut deus aut lupus, homo vitae commodatus non donatus est.

Error

N error, fallacy, misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding, inexactness, laxity, misconstruction, miscomputation, non sequitur, mis-statement, mis-report, mumpsimus, mistake, miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread, trip, stumble, botchery, slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip, slip of the pen, lapsus linguae, clerical error, bull, haplography, illusion, delusion, snare, false impression, false idea, bubble, self-decit, self-deception, mists of error, heresy, hallucination, false light, dream, fable, bias, misleading, erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal, unreal, ungrounded, groundless, unsubstantial, heretical, unsound, illogical, inexact, unexact inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite, illusive, illusory, delusive, mock, ideal, spurious, deceitful, perverted, controvertible, unsustainable, unauthenticated, untrustworthy, exploded, refuted, discarded, in error, under an error, mistaken, tripping, out, out in one's reckoning, aberrant, beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off, astray, on a false scent, on the wrong scent, in the wrong box, outside the ballpark, at cross purposes, all in the wrong, all out, more or less, errare est humanum, mentis gratissimus error, on the dubious waves of error tost, to err is human, to forgive divine, you lie -- under a mistake.

Absurdity

N absurdity, absurdness, imbecility alogy, nonsense, utter nonsense, paradox, inconsistency, stultiloquy, stultiloquence, nugacity, blunder, muddle, bull, Irishism, Hibernicism, slipslop, anticlimax, bathos, sophism, farce, galimathias, amphigouri, rhapsody, farrago, betise, extravagance, romance, sciamachy, sell, pun, verbal quibble, macaronic, jargon, fustian, twaddle, gibberish, exaggeration, moonshine, stuff, mare's nest, quibble, self- delusion, vagary, tomfoolery, poppycock, mummery, monkey trick, boutade, escapade, absurd, nonsensical, preposterous, egregious, senseless, inconsistent, ridiculous, extravagant, quibbling, self-annulling, self- contradictory, macaronic, punning, foolish sophistical, unmeaning, without rhyme or reason, fantastic, Int, fiddlededee!, pish!, pho!, in the name of the Prophet--figs!, credat Judaeus Apella, tell it to the marines.

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POS

Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun eye has 5 senses

eye(n = noun.body) oculus, optic - the organ of sight;

is a kind of receptor, sense organ, sensory receptor

is a part of visual system, face, human face

has particulars: naked eye, peeper, oculus dexter, od, oculus sinister, os, ocellus, simple eye, stemma, compound eye

has parts: choroid, choroid coat, ciliary body, eyelid, lid, palpebra, canthus, epicanthic fold, epicanthus, nictitating membrane, third eyelid, conjunctiva, eyeball, orb, eye muscle, ocular muscle, cornea, uvea, uveoscleral pathway, iris, crystalline lens, lens, lens of the eye, arteria centralis retinae, central artery of the retina, arteria ciliaris, ciliary artery, arteria lacrimalis, lacrimal artery, lacrimal vein, vena lacrimalis, lacrimal apparatus, retina, sclera, sclerotic coat, musculus sphincter pupillae, pupillary sphincter, aperture

Derived form verb eye₁

eye(n = noun.cognition) - good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"

Derived form verb eye₁

eye(n = noun.cognition) - attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye"

is a kind of

attending

attention

Derived form verb eye₁

eye(n = noun.location) center, centre, heart, middle - 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"

is a kind of area, country

has particulars: center stage, centre stage, central city, city center, city centre, storm center, storm centre, financial center, hub, inner city, medical center, midfield, seat, midstream, city of london, the city

eye(n = noun.artifact) - a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"

is a kind of

hole

is a part of needle

Derived forms noun eyelet₂, noun eyelet₁

Verb eye has 1 sense

eye(v = verb.perception) eyeball - look at;

is one way to look

Derived forms noun eye₁, noun eye₂, noun eye₃

Sample sentence:
Sam cannot eye Sue

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eye, n. [Prob. fr. nye, an eye being for a nye. See Nye.].

A brood; as, an eye of pheasants. [1913 Webster]

eye, n. [OE. eghe, eighe, eie, eye, AS. eáge; akin to OFries. āge, OS. , D. oog, Ohg. ouga, G. auge, Icel. auga, Sw. öga, Dan. öie, Goth. aug; cf. OSlav. oko, Lith. akis, L. okulus, Gr. 'o`kkos, eye, 'o`sse, the two eyes, Skr. akshi. Diasy, Ocular, Optic, Eyelet, Ogle.].

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 eyes are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.
" 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." [1913 Webster]

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 a sailor; an eye for the beautiful or picturesque. [1913 Webster]

The action of the organ of sight; sight, look; view; ocular knowledge; judgment; opinion. [1913 Webster]
"In my eye, she is the sweetest lady that I looked on." [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"We shell express our duty in his eye." [1913 Webster]

"Her shell your hear disproved to her eyes." [1913 Webster]

Observation; oversight; watch; inspection; notice; attention; regard. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Booksellers . . . have an eye to their own advantage." [1913 Webster]

That which resembles the organ of sight, in form, position, or appearance [1913 Webster]

That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. Shak. [1913 Webster]
"Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts." [1913 Webster]

Tinge; shade of color. [1913 Webster]
"Red with an eye of blue makes a purple." [1913 Webster]

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 parts of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zoöl), 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 opthalmologist or optometrist; -- formerly called 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 of 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.

eye, v. t.

To fix the eye on; to stare at; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view. [1913 Webster]
"Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial
To my proportioned strength." [1913 Webster]

eye, v. i.

To appear; to look. [1913 Webster]
"My becomings kill me, when they do not
Eye well to you." [1913 Webster]

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eye, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the organ of sight in man and other animals. b the light-detecting organ in some invertebrates.
2 the eye characterized by the colour of the iris (has blue eyes).
3 the region round the eye (eyes red from weeping).
4 a glass or plastic ball serving as an artificial eye (his eye fell out).
5 (in sing. or pl.) sight; the faculty of sight (demonstrate to the eye; need perfect eyes to be a pilot).
6 a particular visual faculty or talent; visual appreciation (a straight eye; cast an expert eye over).
7 (in sing. or pl.) a look, gaze, or glance, esp. as indicating the disposition of the viewer (a friendly eye).
8 mental awareness; consciousness.
9 a person or animal etc. that sees on behalf of another.
10 a = electric eye. b = private eye.
11 a thing like an eye, esp.: a a spot on a peacock's tail (cf. EYELET n. 3). b the leaf bud of a potato.
12 the centre of something circular, e.g. a flower or target.
13 the relatively calm region at the centre of a storm or hurricane.
14 an aperture in an implement, esp. a needle, for the insertion of something, e.g. thread.
15 a ring or loop for a bolt or hook etc. to pass through.
--v.tr. (eyes, eyed, eyeing or eying) watch or observe closely, esp. admiringly or with curiosity or suspicion.

Idiom

all eyes
1 watching intently.
2 general attention (all eyes were on us). before one's (or one's very) eyes right in front of one. do a person in the eye colloq. defraud or thwart a person. eye-bolt a bolt or bar with an eye at the end for a hook etc. eye-catching colloq. striking, attractive. eye contact looking directly into another person's eyes. an eye for an eye retaliation in kind (Exodus 21:24). eye language the process of communication by the expression of the eyes. eye-level the level seen by the eyes looking horizontally (eye-level grill). eye-liner a cosmetic applied as a line round the eye.
eye mask
1 a covering of soft material saturated with a lotion for refreshing the eyes.
2 a covering for the eyes.
eye-opener colloq.
1 an enlightening experience; an unexpected revelation.
2 US an alcoholic drink taken on waking up. eye-rhyme a correspondence of words in spelling but not in pronunciation (e.g. love and move). eyes front (or left or right) Mil. a command to turn the head in the direction stated. eye-shade a device to protect the eyes, esp. from strong light. eye-shadow a coloured cosmetic applied to the skin round the eyes.
eye-spot
1 a a light-sensitive area on the bodies of some invertebrate animals, e.g. flatworms, starfish, etc.; an ocellus. b Bot. an area of light-sensitive pigment found in some algae etc.
2 any of several fungus diseases of plants characterized by yellowish oval spots on the leaves and stems. eye-stalk Zool. a movable stalk carrying the eye, esp. in crabs, shrimps, etc. eye strain fatigue of the (internal or external) muscles of the eye. eye-tooth a canine tooth just under or next to the eye, esp. in the upper jaw. eye-worm a nematode worm, Loa loa, parasitic on man and other primates in Central and West Africa. get (or keep) one's eye in Sport accustom oneself (or keep oneself accustomed) to the conditions of play so as to judge speed, distance, etc. have an eye for be capable of perceiving or appreciating. have one's eye on wish or plan to procure. have eyes for be interested in; wish to acquire. have an eye to have as one's objective; prudently consider. hit a person in the eye (or between the eyes) colloq. be very obvious or impressive. keep an eye on 1 pay attention to.
2 look after; take care of. keep an eye open (or out) (often foll. by for) watch carefully. keep one's eyes open (or peeled or skinned) watch out; be on the alert. lower one's eyes look modestly or sheepishly down or away. make eyes (or sheep's eyes) (foll. by at) look amorously or flirtatiously at. my (or all my) eye sl. nonsense. one in the eye (foll. by for) a disappointment or setback. open a person's eyes be enlightening or revealing to a person. raise one's eyes look upwards. see eye to eye (often foll. by with) be in full agreement. set eyes on catch sight of. take one's eyes off (usu. in neg.) stop watching; stop paying attention to. under the eye of under the supervision or observation of.
up to the (or one's) eyes in
1 deeply engaged or involved in; inundated with (up to the eyes in work).
2 to the utmost limit (mortgaged up to the eyes). with one's eyes open deliberately; with full awareness.
with one's eyes shut (or closed)
1 easily; with little effort.
2 without awareness; unobservant (goes around with his eyes shut). with an eye to with a view to; prudently considering. with a friendly (or jealous etc.) eye with a feeling of friendship, jealousy, etc. with one eye on directing one's attention partly to. with one eye shut colloq. easily; with little effort (could do this with one eye shut).

Derivative

eyed adj. (also in comb.). eyeless adj.

Etymology

OE eage f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

eye
Anschauung, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, accountability, air hole, amaurosis, angle, angle of vision, annulet, armhole, assumption, attend, attitude, auspices, baby blues, banjo eyes, basis, be vigilant, be watchful, beagle, belief, blepharitis, blowhole, bossing, bright eyes, bullet-hole, bunghole, care, cast coquettish glances, cataract, charge, choroiditis, circlet, clear eyes, clear sight, climate of opinion, color vision, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, cone vision, conjunctivitis, consensus gentium, consider, consideration, contemplate, conviction, coquet, cornea, cover, crane, crane the neck, cringle, cross-eye, day vision, daylight vision, deadeye, defective vision, defense, dekko, detached retina, dick, discernment, eagle eye, esotropia, estimate, estimation, ethos, examine, eye defect, eye-mindedness, eyeball, eyeful, eyelet, eyelid, eyesight, farsight, farsightedness, feeling, field of view, field of vision, flatfoot, flirt, follow, footing, frame of reference, framework, gallivant, gape, gasket, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze at, gaze open-mouthed, general belief, give the eye, give the once-over, glaucoma, gloat, goggle, goggle eyes, gold-dig, grasp, grommet, guard, guide, gumshoe, gumshoe man, gutta serena, hard look, have a looksee, hawkshaw, hold in view, horizon, idea, impression, inspect, intendance, investigator, iris, iritis, judgment, jurisdiction, keen sight, keep in sight, keep in view, keep under observation, ken, keratitis, keyhole, knothole, lamp, lee, leer, leer at, leering look, lens, lid, light, lights, look, look after, look at, look on, look over, look sweet upon, look upon, look-in, loop, loophole, lustful leer, make eyes at, manhole, mental outlook, mind, mousehole, mystique, naked eye, nictitating membrane, night vision, notion, observation, observe, ocular, oculus, ogle, ogle at, opinion, optic, optic nerve, optic neuritis, orb, organ of vision, outlook, oversight, peeper, peephole, perception, peripheral field, peripheral vision, personal judgment, perspicacity, perspicuity, persuasion, peruse, philander, photopia, pigeonhole, pinhole, pink eye, place, placket, placket hole, plainclothesman, play around, point of view, popeyes, popular belief, pore, pore over, porthole, position, posture, power of sight, preservation, presumption, prevailing belief, preview, private eye, prospect, protection, protective custody, public belief, public opinion, punch-hole, pupil, purview, quick sight, range, reaction, reconnoiter, reference system, refuge, regard, respect, responsibility, retina, retinoblastoma, ring, ringlet, rod vision, roundlet, rubberneck, run around, safekeeping, safety, saucer eyes, scene, sclera, scope, scotopia, scout, scrutinize, scrutiny, seeing, sense of sight, sentiment, shade, shadow, shelter, side, sidelong look, sight, sightedness, situation, size up, skip tracer, slant, sleuth, sleuthhound, sly look, spiracle, spotter, spy upon, stance, stand, stand on tiptoe, standpoint, staple, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, starry orbs, sty, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, survey, sweep, system, tab, take a long, take in, take stock of, tall, tap, tec, theory, thinking, thought, trachoma, twilight vision, unaided eye, universe, unobstructed vision, uveitis, vent, venthole, vet, view, viewpoint, vision, visual acuity, visual field, visual organ, visual sense, walleye, watch, watchful eye, way of thinking, winker

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Circularity
N circularity, roundness, rotundity, circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet, ringlet, eye, loop, wheel, cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band, contrate wheel, crown wheel, hub, nave, sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland, crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar, noose, lasso, lassoo, ellipse, oval, ovule, ellipsoid, cycloid, epicycloid, epicycle, semicircle, quadrant, sextant, sector, sphere, round, rounded, circular, annular, orbicular, oval, ovate, elliptic, elliptical, egg-shaped, pear-shaped, cycloidal, spherical, I watched the little circles die.

Vision
N vision, sight, optics, eyesight, view, look, espial, glance, ken, coup d'oeil, glimpse, glint, peep, gaze, stare, leer, perlustration, contemplation, conspection, conspectuity, regard, survey, introspection, reconnaissance, speculation, watch, espionage, espionnage, autopsy, ocular inspection, ocular demonstration, sight-seeing, point of view, gazebo, loophole, belvedere, watchtower, field of view, theater, amphitheater, arena, vista, horizon, commanding view, bird's eye view, periscope, visual organ, organ of vision, eye, naked eye, unassisted eye, retina, pupil, iris, cornea, white, optics, orbs, saucer eyes, goggle eyes, gooseberry eyes, short sight, clear sight, sharp sight, quick sight, eagle sight, piercing sight, penetrating sight, clear glance, sharp glance, quick glance, eagle glance, piercing glance, penetrating glance, clear eye, sharp eye, quick eye, eagle eye, piercing eye, penetrating eye, perspicacity, discernment, catopsis, eagle, hawk, cat, lynx, Argus, evil eye, basilisk, cockatrice, seeing, visual, ocular, optic, optical, ophthalmic, clear-eyesighted, eagle-eyed, hawk-eyed, lynx-eyed, keen- eyed, Argus-eyed, visible, visibly, in sight of, with one's eyes open at sight, at first sight, at a glance, at the first blush, prima facie, Int, look!, the scales falling from one's eyes, an eye like Mars to threaten or command, her eyes are homes of silent prayer, looking before and after, thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes.

VB see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken, get a sight of, have a sight of, catch a sight of, get a glimpse of, have a glimpse of, catch a glimpse of, command a view of, witness, contemplate, speculate, cast the eyes on, set the eyes on, be a spectator of, look on, see sights, see at a glance, look, view, eye, lift up the eyes, open one's eye, look at, look on, look upon, look over, look about one, look round, survey, scan, inspect, run the eye over, run the eye through, reconnoiter, glance round, glance on, glance over turn one's looks upon, bend one's looks upon, direct the eyes to, turn the eyes on, cast a glance, observe, watch, see with one's own eyes, watch for, peep, peer, pry, take a peep, play at bopeep, look full in the face, look hard at, look intently, strain one's eyes, fix the eyes upon, rivet the eyes upon, stare, gaze, pore over, gloat on, leer, ogle, glare, goggle, cock the eye, squint, gloat, look askance.

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