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dry eye

dry eye noun: an eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.

Noun

dry eye (countable and uncountable, plural dry eyes)

  1. (uncountable) An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
  2. (countable) An eye which is affected by this disease.
  3. (idiomatic) An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.
    • There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.

Forms of dry eye

pluraldry eyes

Questions about dry eye

What does dry eye mean?
Dry eye means an eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
What part of speech is dry eye?
Dry eye is a noun.
What is the plural of dry eye?
The plural of dry eye is dry eyes.

Words near dry eye in the dictionary

  1. dry docks
  2. Dry Doddington
  3. dry drunk
  4. dry drunks
  5. dry erase
  6. dry eye
  7. dry eye syndrome
  8. dry eyes
  9. dry film thickness
  10. dry film thicknesses
  11. dry fire

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