eye

Noun

eye (plural eyes; archaic eyen)

1. An organ that is sensitive to light, which it converts to electrical signals passed to the brain, by which means animals see.
2. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
3. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook.
4. The center/centre of a hurricane.
5. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling an eye.
6. A reproductive bud in a potato.
7. The ability to notice what others might miss.

   He has a good eye for talent.

Synonyms:

• (loop of metal): eyelet
• (ability to notice what others might miss): perceptiveness

3 letters in word "eye": E E Y.

No anagrams for eye found in this word list.

Words found within eye:

ee ye

• Definitions:
• the organ of sight good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye" attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye" center: 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" a small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"
• "Eye" is a song by the band The Smashing Pumpkins, which featured on the soundtrack of the David Lynch film Lost Highway. ...
• An eye is an organ of vision that detects light. Different kinds of light-sensitive organs are found in a variety of organisms. The simplest eyes do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark, while more complex eyes can distinguish shapes and colors. ...
• The eye is a region of mostly calm weather found at the center of strong tropical cyclones. The eye of a storm is usually circular and typically 30-65 km (20-40 mi) in diameter. It is surrounded by the eyewall, where the most severe weather of a cyclone occurs. ...
• Eye was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) by the first past the post system of election. The Reform Act 1832 reduced its representation to one MP. ...
• In meteorology, usually the “eye of the storm” (hurricane, typhoon), that is, the roughly circular area of comparatively light winds found at the center of a severe tropical cyclone and surrounded by the eyewall. ...
• The bud of a sympodial orchid that will eventually develop into a new lead.
• The relatively calm center of the tropical cyclone that is more than one half surrounded by wall cloud. This clear, calm area is the result of sinking air in the center of a tropical cyclone.
• A region in the center of a hurricane (tropical storm) where the winds are light and skies are clear to partly cloudy.
• The relative calm in the center of a hurricane.
• The relatively calm center in a hurricane that is more than one half surrounded by wall cloud. The winds are light, the skies are partly cloudy or even clear (the skies are usually free of rain) and radar depicts it as an echo-free area within the eye wall. ...
• A roughly circular area of relatively light winds and fair weather at the center of a hurricane.
• An undeveloped bud growth which will ultimately produce new growth.
• an undeveloped or dormant shoot; dormant bud.
• the low pressure center of a tropical storm or hurricane. This area is surrounded by the most intense area of the storm and at a huge contrast. Inside the eye, winds are calm and sometimes the sky clears.
• 5 kinds, s. cakkhu. - Visual organ, s. áyatana.
• The center of a tropical storm or hurricane, with a roughly circular area of light winds and rain-free skies. An eye will usually develop when the maximum sustained wind speeds exceed 78 mph. It can range in size from 5 miles to 60 miles in diameter, but the average size is 20 miles. ...
• (noun) 1 : a nearly spherical hollow organ that is lined with a sensitive retina, is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull, is the vertebrate organ of sight, and is normally paired 2 : all the visible structures within and surrounding the orbit and including eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows 3 ...
• A collection of several buds on the surface of a potato tuber, one of which will sprout and form a new stem when conditions are favorable.
• The upper, usually closed, counter of the lowercase e.
• Two unrelated meanings -- an undeveloped growth bud or the center of a flower.
• the center of a tropical storm or hurricane that has low pressure, light winds, and rain-free skies
• The centre of a flower, in colour often contrasting with the rest of the flower.
• A name used for the center of a hurricane. It is the point where the storm rotates in a counter-clockwise direction. In the eye of a hurricane, the winds do not blow.
• The finest gemstone in a parcel.
• The center of a hurricane or tropical storm where the wind is light and skies are variably cloudy. It's diameter ranges from under a mile to several miles across.
• A circular loop on the end of a shroud or stay
• central portion of a corolla different in color from remainder.
• diseases affecting those specific parts of the body (aka EENT)
• Referring to a hurricane, the eye is the area in the middle with light winds and fair weather.

• eyasses ←
• eyass ←
• eyases ←
• eye
• → eyeable
• → eyeball
• → eyeballed