eye
/ˈaɪ̯/ verb C1- To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something). · After eyeing the document for half an hour, she decided not to sign it.· They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
- To consider. · Mr. Smith is eyeing a departmental reorganization plan.
- To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes).
- To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible.
He/she/it eyes · Past eyed · Past participle eyed · -ing form eyeing
Verb forms
- Base form
- eye
- He/she/it
- eyes
- Past
- eyed
- Past participle
- eyed
- -ing form
- eyeing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Well, every time I have seen Mercédès come into the city she has been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a red complexion, brown skin, and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.”
Anne washed the dishes deftly enough, as Marilla, who kept a sharp eye on the process, discerned.
Every eye was turned towards the young man who, spite of the agitation he could not but feel, advanced with dignity, and said, in a firm voice:
“And then,” said Madame de Villefort, endeavoring by a struggle, and with effort, to get away from her thoughts, “however skilfully it is prepared, crime is always crime, and if it avoid human scrutiny, it does not escape the eye of God.
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