Word: eye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Proto-Germanic *augô Proto-West Germanic *augā Old English ēage Middle English eye English eye From Middle English e, eye, eyghe, eyȝe, eȝhe, iȝe, ye, yhe, from Old English ēage, ēge (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle. Cognates Cognate with Yola iee (“eye”), Scots ee, eh (“eye”), North Frisian oog, uuch, uug (“eye”), Saterland Frisian Oge, Ooge (“eye”), West Frisian each (“eye”), Alemannic German, Bavarian Aug (“eye”), Central Franconian Au, Auch, Ooch (“eye”), Dutch oog (“eye”), German Aug, Auge (“eye”), Low German Auge, Oog (“eye”), Luxembourgish A (“eye”), Vilamovian aojg, aug, oüg (“eye”), Yiddish אויג (oyg, “eye”), Danish øje (“eye”), Elfdalian oga (“eye”), Faroese eyga (“eye”), Icelandic auga (“eye”), Norwegian Bokmål øye (“eye”), Norwegian Nynorsk aua, aue, auga, auge (“eye”), Scanian yva (“eye”), Swedish öga (“eye”), Crimean Gothic oeghene (“eyes”), Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō, “eye”), Estonian auk (“hole”), Finnish and Votic aukko (“hole”), Ingrian aukko, aukku (“hole”), Livonian ouk (“hole; hollow”). Other Indo-European cognates include Breton eneb (“inverse; face; honour”), Cornish enep (“face; exterior; surface”), Gaulish ops (“eye”), Old Irish enech (“face; front; honour”), Welsh wyneb (“face; front; cheek”), Latin oclus, oculus (“eye”), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps, “eye; face”), Albanian sy (“eye”), Latgalian and Latvian acs (“eye”), Lithuanian and Samogitian akis (“eye”), Old Prussian ackis (“eye”), Belarusian во́ка (vóka, “eye”), Bulgarian and Macedonian око́ (okó, “eye”), Carpathian Rusyn, Russian, and Ukrainian о́ко (óko, “eye”), Czech, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene oko (“eye”), Kashubian òkò (“eye”), Lower Sorbian hoko, woko (“eye”), Polabian våťü (“eye”), Serbo-Croatian о̏ко, ȍko (“eye”), Silesian ôko (“eye”), Slovincian wôkô (“eye”), Upper Sorbian woko (“eye”), Armenian ակն (akn, “eye”), Northern Kurdish enî (“forehead”), Ashkun aċĩ (“eye”), Kamkata-viri ače, ačẽ, ači (“eye”), Prasuni ižī, ižĩ (“eye”), Tregami ac̣ĩ (“eye”), Waigali ačẽ (“eye”), Tocharian A ak (“eye”), Tocharian B ek (“eye”), Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi, “eye”). The archaic plural form eyen is from Middle English eyen, from Old English ēaġan, nominative and accusative plural of ēaġe (“eye”). Pronunciation: /ˈaɪ̯/, [ˈaɪ̯], /ˈɑɪ̯/, [ˈɑ̟ɪ̯], /ˈɒɪ̯/ 1. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”). Example: Near-synonym: eyeball Example: Bright lights really hurt my eyes. 2. The visual sense. Example: The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical. 3. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour. Example: Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes. Example: Natalie’s brown eyes looked into Jim’s blue eyes, and the girl and boy flirted. 4. Attention, notice. Example: That dress caught her eye. Example: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies. 5. The ability to notice what others might miss. Example: He has an eye for talent. Example: Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets. 6. A meaningful look or stare. Example: She was giving him the eye at the bar. Example: When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye. 7. Ellipsis of private eye. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. Independently of each other, the Cigrand and Conner families had hired “eyes” to search for their missing daughters. 8. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. 9. The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted. Example: [H]e struck the Duffer a sharp blow on the back of the head with the eye of the axe, and left him stunned and senseless on the earth[.] 10. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line. 11. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a hook, pin, rope, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone. 12. A burner on a kitchen stove, hob, or cooktop. Labels: US 13. A central and focal portion of any of several things. Example: the eye of the storm Example: the eye of the hurricane 14. A central and focal portion of any of several things. Labels: informal 15. A central and focal portion of any of several things. 16. A central and focal portion of any of several things. 17. A central and focal portion of any of several things. Example: loin eye Example: rib eye 18. A mark on an animal, such as a butterfly or peacock, resembling a human eye. 19. A reproductive bud in a potato. 20. That which resembles the eye in relative beauty or importance. Example: the very eye of that proverb Example: Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts 21. A shade of colour; a tinge. Example: Red vvith an Eye of Blevv, makes a Purple; and by theſe ſimple Compoſitions again Compounded among themſelves, the Skilful Painter can produce vvhat kind of Colour he pleaſes, and a great many more than vve have yet Names for. 22. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese. 23. The foremost part of a ship's bows; the hawseholes. Labels: in-plural 24. The enclosed counter (“negative space”) of the lower-case letter e. Example: The “e” was a bit over-inked, with a blacked-out eye. 25. An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones. 26. Opinion, view. Labels: plural-normally Example: This victory will make us great in the eyes of the world. 27. Synonym of pit-eye.