eyed

/aɪd/

adj 3

Collocations

ADJ.

bright, bushy, other, shocking, wide

She stared at him with wide eyed shock when he announced his surprise proposal.

VERB + EYED

cross

She cross-eyed the room nervously, scanning for her lost keys.

EYED + NOUN

girl, mary, mary's, plate, river, stranger, tom's

The blue-eyed girl walked nervously into the crowded room.

PREP.

after, in

She eyed the dessert menu in the restaurant with obvious interest.

ADV.

critically, incredulously, suspiciously, warily

She eyed the used car warily before deciding whether to make an offer.

Definitions

adj

Having eyes.

The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.

Having eye-like spots.

The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.

Having the specified kind or number of eyes.

What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women.

Unseen descending weigh my light wings upon balmy flowers, / And court the fair eyed dew to take me to her shining tent.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

eyeless

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the

Wiktionary

The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.

Wiktionary

What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women.

Wiktionary

She eyed the stranger suspiciously.

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Tom eyed Mary.

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He eyed her suspiciously.

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