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eyed

/aɪd/

eyed adjective: having eyes. Also the simple past and past participle of eye.

Adjective

eyed (not comparable)

  1. Having eyes.
    • The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg.1980, Earl Leitritz with Robert C[onklin] Lewis, Trout and Salmon Culture (Hatchery Methods) [California Fish Bulletin; 164], Oakland, Calif.: University of California Division of Agriculture and...
  2. Having eye-like spots.
    • The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator.
  3. (in-compounds) Having the specified kind or number of eyes.
    • What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
    • Unseen descending weigh my light wings upon balmy flowers, / And court the fair eyed dew to take me to her shining tent.1789, William Blake, The Book of Thel, II, lines 55-6

Also used as

eyed is also the simple past and past participle of eye.

Examples of eyed in a sentence

  • Gray and blue-eyed parents will tend to have either gray-eyed children only or an equal number of gray- and of blue-eyed children according as the gray-eyed parent is homozygous or heterozygous.1901 November 7, Gertrude C. Davenport and Charles C. Davenport, “Heredity of Eye-color in Man”, in Science, New Series, MacMillan, Volume...
  • Three victims in chains—and one of them, the little servant, the sad-eyed angel.1960, Elie Wiesel, translated by Stella Rodway, Night, New York: Bantam, published 1986, page 61:

All 40 example sentences with eyed

Origin of eyed

From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.

Words formed from eyed

Phrases with eyed

Words that rhyme with eyed

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Questions about eyed

What does eyed mean?
Eyed means having eyes.
How do you use eyed in a sentence?
Gray and blue-eyed parents will tend to have either gray-eyed children only or an equal number of gray- and of blue-eyed children according as the gray-eyed parent is homozygous or heterozygous.
What part of speech is eyed?
Eyed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce eyed?
Eyed is pronounced /aɪd/.

Words near eyed in the dictionary

  1. eyecorner
  2. eyecup
  3. eyecupful
  4. eyecupfuls
  5. eyecups
  6. eyed
  7. eyed ladybug
  8. eyed ladybugs
  9. eyed up
  10. eyedness
  11. eyedrop

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