een

Noun

eye (plural eyes or (archaic or dialectal) eyen)

1. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
   • Near-synonym: eyeball

   Synonyms:

   eyeball

2. The visual sense.
   • The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
3. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
   • Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
4. Attention, notice.
   • That dress caught her eye.
5. The ability to notice what others might miss.
   • He has an eye for talent.

   Synonyms:

   perceptiveness

6. (usually) A sexually or romantically suggestive one.
   • She was giving him the eye at the bar.

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