EYE


Meaning of EYE in English

I.

noun

1 part of the body

ADJECTIVE

▪ left , right

▪ amber , blue , brown , dark , golden , green , grey/gray , hazel , pale , etc.

▪ big , enormous , huge , large , wide

She just looked at me with those big blue ~s of hers.

His ~s were wide with horror.

▪ narrow

▪ close-set , wide-set

▪ deep , deep-set , heavy-lidded , hollow , hooded , sunken

▪ beady , piggy

▪ baggy , puffy , swollen

▪ bleary , bloodshot , exhausted , red , red-rimmed , sleepy , tired , weary

Her bleary ~s showed that she hadn't slept.

▪ bright , brilliant , glowing , luminous , lustrous , sparkling , starry , twinkling

▪ clear , limpid , liquid

▪ soft , warm

▪ cloudy , misty , moist , rheumy , tear-filled , tearful , teary ( esp. AmE ), watery

▪ dry

▪ sightless , unseeing

▪ half-closed , narrowed

▪ unblinking

▪ dazed , unfocused

▪ mad , staring , wild

▪ angry , cruel , fierce

▪ anxious

▪ greedy , hungry

The dog's hungry ~s were on my sandwich.

▪ curious , prying

He drew the curtains to make sure no prying ~s saw what he was doing.

▪ intelligent , keen , sharp , shrewd

▪ penetrating , piercing

▪ intense

▪ cold , dull , expressionless , glassy , glazed , lifeless , steely , vacant

▪ downcast , sad , solemn , soulful

VERB + EYE

▪ open

▪ close , shut

▪ lift , raise

▪ lower

▪ avert

She averted her ~s from his face.

▪ cast , turn

I cast my ~s around the room but couldn't see any familiar faces.

He turned his ~s to the door when he heard the handle turning.

▪ roll

She rolled her ~s in disgust.

▪ blink

▪ narrow , screw up , squeeze shut

He screwed up his ~s against the glare of the sun.

Tina squeezed her ~s shut and bit her lip.

▪ widen

▪ focus

▪ strain

I didn't want to strain my ~s to read, so I turned on the light.

▪ protect

Skiers wear goggles to protect their ~s from the sun.

▪ shade , shield

He held up the newspaper to shield his ~s from the sun.

▪ cover

▪ test

▪ gouge

She reached up and tried to gouge her attacker's ~s.

▪ rub , wipe

▪ catch

A movement in the reeds caught my ~ (= attracted my attention) .

▪ look sb in , meet

She looked her father straight in the ~ and answered his question truthfully.

He seemed unwilling to meet my ~s.

EYE + VERB

▪ dilate , fly open , grow wide , open , round , shoot open , snap open , widen

Her ~s dilated with horror at what she had done.

Her ~s flew open in surprise.

His ~s rounded in mock amazement.

▪ close , shut

▪ flutter open , flutter shut

▪ stream , water

My ~s stream when I chop onions.

▪ hold sth

His ~s held a mischievous gleam.

▪ be alight with sth , blaze , brighten , flare , flash , gleam , glint , glisten , glitter , glow , light up , shine , smoulder/smolder , spark , sparkle , twinkle

She laughed, her ~s alight with excitement.

His ~s blazed with menace.

▪ mirror sth , reflect sth

His ~s reflected his anguish.

▪ blur , brim with tears , cloud , fill with tears , mist , well , well up

▪ darken , dim , dull , glaze , glaze over

Her ~s glazed over when I said I worked in dictionaries.

▪ harden , soften

His ~s hardened as he remembered how they had laughed at him.

▪ narrow , sharpen

▪ burn , hurt , prick , prickle , smart , sting

Her ~s prickled with unshed tears.

▪ be drawn to sb/sth , follow sb/sth , turn to sb/sth

His ~s were drawn to a bundle of papers in the corner.

My ~s followed his every move.

▪ fall on sb/sth , land on sb/sth , settle on sb/sth

▪ catch sth

Her ~ caught mine.

▪ gaze at sb/sth , stare at sb/sth , watch sb/sth

▪ fasten on sb/sth , fix on sb/sth , focus on sb/sth , lock on sb/sth

She tried to sit up, her ~s fixed on Jean's face.

▪ be fixed on sb/sth , be glued to sb/sth , be intent on sb/sth , be riveted on/to sb/sth , be trained on sb/sth

▪ linger on sb/sth , rest on sb/sth

▪ not leave sb/sth

His ~s never left mine.

▪ look at sb/sth , peer at sb/sth , regard sb/sth

▪ glare at sb/sth

▪ lock , lock together , meet

Their ~s locked together in a battle of wills.

▪ dart , flick , flicker , flit , glance , go , leap , move , run , shift , shoot , travel

His ~s darted from face to face.

▪ roll , swivel

She tried the door, her ~s rolling in panic.

▪ dance

Her ~s danced with amusement.

▪ roam , rove

He let his ~s roam around the scene.

▪ drift , slide , slip , stray , wander

His ~s drifted over to Helen's chair.

▪ probe sth , rake sth , scan sth , scour sth , search sth , sweep sth

His ~s scanned the room as he entered.

▪ drop , fall , lower

Her ~s dropped to her lap as she answered.

▪ lift

▪ bore into sb , pierce sb

She could feel the old lady's ~s bore into her.

▪ accustom to sth , adjust to sth , become accustomed to sth , grow accustomed to sth

As my ~s accustomed to the darkness, I could make out a shape by the window.

▪ blink

▪ twitch

▪ crinkle , crinkle up , squint , wrinkle

His ~s crinkled up at the corners as he smiled.

Her ~s squinted against the brightness.

▪ strain

My ~s strained to make anything out in the darkness.

▪ slant

▪ bulge , pop

His ~s bulged in fury.

▪ betray sb/sth , give sb/sth away , show sth

His narrow ~s betrayed his impatience.

She responded softly, her ~s showing concern.

▪ tell (sb) sth

Her ~s told me nothing.

▪ question (sb)

▪ laugh , smile

▪ plead

▪ mock sb

▪ appraise sb/sth , examine sb/sth , scrutinize sb/sth , study sb/sth , survey sb/sth

▪ take sth in

My ~s took in every detail as I entered the house for the first time in twenty years.

EYE + NOUN

▪ muscles , socket

▪ contact

I knew he was lying because he wouldn't make ~ contact with me.

▪ movement

Rapid ~ movements frequently accompany dreaming.

▪ doctor , specialist , surgeon

▪ hospital

▪ operation , surgery , treatment

▪ exam , examination , test

▪ damage , defect , disease , disorder , infection , injury , strain

▪ drops

The doctor gave me ~ drops to put in three times a day.

▪ protection

It is essential to wear some form of ~ protection.

▪ liner (usually eyeliner ) , make-up , shadow (usually eyeshadow )

▪ colour/color

▪ level

Your computer screen should be at ~ level.

▪ candy ( informal , figurative )

The series has plenty of ~ candy ( = people that are pleasant to look at ).

PREPOSITION

▪ in your ~s

There were tears in his ~s as he spoke.

The sun was in my ~s and I couldn't see the road.

▪ under sb's ~

I want you under my ~ (= where I can see you) .

PHRASES

▪ as far as the ~ can see

The tide was out, leaving nothing but mud as far as the ~ could see.

▪ before your very ~s

Before our very ~s, the bird snatched the fish from the plate and flew off.

▪ can't keep your ~s off sb/sth , can't take your ~s off sb/sth

He couldn't keep his ~s off the girl sitting opposite him.

▪ roll your ~s heavenward (= to show that you are annoyed or impatient)

She rolled her ~s heavenward when she saw what her husband was wearing.

▪ a gleam in sb's ~ , a glint in sb's ~ , a twinkle in sb's ~

He looked at me with a twinkle in his ~.

▪ have an ~ on sb/sth (= be watching)

The store detective had his ~ on a group of boys who were acting suspiciously.

▪ keep an ~ on sb/sth (= watch)

Could you keep an ~ on my bag for a moment?

▪ keep an ~ out for sb/sth , keep your ~s open for sb/sth (= watch out for)

I walked around the store, keeping an ~ out for bargains.

▪ lay ~s on/upon sb/sth , set ~s on/upon sb/sth

Tom fell in love the moment he laid ~s on her.

From the moment he set ~s on her he knew that he wanted to marry her.

▪ out of the corner of your ~

Out of the corner of her ~, she saw Harry start forward.

▪ tears fill sb's ~s

▪ to/with the naked ~ , to/with the unaided ~

The planet should be visible to the naked ~ (= without a telescope) .

▪ under sb's watchful ~

A boy was playing outside under the watchful ~ of his mother.

▪ with your own ~s

If I hadn't seen his jump with my own ~s, I would never have believed it possible.

2 ability to see

ADJECTIVE

▪ eagle , good , keen , quick , sharp

The children's eagle ~s spotted an ice-cream seller half a mile away.

A surgeon needs a good ~ and a steady hand.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ for

Her skill at working with wood is coupled to a keen ~ for design.

3 way of seeing

ADJECTIVE

▪ careful , cautious , close , suspicious , wary , watchful

The government is keeping a close ~ on the economy.

▪ critical , stern

▪ jaundiced

▪ fresh , new

He saw his students with new ~s now that he had a child of his own.

▪ kindly , sympathetic

▪ discerning

▪ experienced , expert , practised/practiced

To an expert ~, the painting is an obvious fake.

▪ inexperienced , untrained

▪ artistic

PREPOSITION

▪ in sb/sth's ~

She can do no wrong in his ~s.

In the ~s of the law his knife was an offensive weapon.

▪ through sb's ~s

You need to look at your website through the user's ~s.

▪ to sb's ~

To my ~, the windows seem out of proportion.

▪ with a … ~

She viewed the findings with a critical ~.

▪ with the ~ of

He looked at the design with the ~ of an engineer.

PHRASES

▪ in your mind's ~ (= your imagination)

He pictured the scene in his mind's ~.

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ keenly ( esp. BrE ), narrowly , sharply , shrewdly

▪ curiously , speculatively , thoughtfully

▪ carefully , cautiously , suspiciously , warily

▪ nervously

▪ doubtfully , uncertainly

▪ coldly , coolly

▪ greedily , hungrily

The children ~d the cakes greedily.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .