eyes

eyes · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of eye; the two organs of sight.

  2. 2.

    A way of seeing or judging things.

  3. 3.

    Attention or observation.

Phrases & expressions

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    all eyes — Everyone's attention.
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    eyes wide open — Fully aware.
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    for your eyes only — Confidential.
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    have eyes in the back of one's head — To be very observant.
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    feast one's eyes on — To look at with pleasure.
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    with one's own eyes — Personally witnessed.

Related words

See also: eye, gaze, sight, vision
Synonyms: orbs, peepers

Etymology

From Old English ēagan, plural of ēage ("eye"), from Proto-Germanic augō.