eye
part of speech
noun (eye, eyes); verb (eye, eyes, eyed, eyeing)
meaning for a pupil
1) An eye is the part of the body you see with. A person has 2 eyes. tree →
2) The eye of a needle is the small hole the thread goes through. tree →
3) The eye of a storm is the calm centre of a hurricane. tree →
4) To eye something is to look at it closely, often because you want it. tree →
5) To have an eye for something is to be good at noticing it. tree →
sense in the lessons
counted body parts: 2 eyes for each person or animal; in science: the eye has a pupil, an iris and a lens; it lets in light so we can see; in safety: never look straight at the Sun, wear goggles, keep sharp things away from eyes; phrases: «keep an eye on» (watch), «in the blink of an eye», «see eye to eye» (agree)
examples
- How many eyes do 5 children have? tree →
- A spider has 8 eyes. tree →
- Each doll has 2 eyes. tree →
- The cat closed one eye. tree →
- Never look straight at the Sun, it can hurt your eyes. tree →
- Please keep an eye on your little brother. tree →
- Thread the wool through the eye of the needle. tree →
- The pupil of your eye gets smaller in bright light. tree →
- The dog eyed my sandwich hungrily. tree →
- She opened her eyes and looked. tree →
note
Hidden fact: most animals have 2 eyes; total = animals × 2. Trap: some animals have more (a spider has 8 eyes). Homophone: «I» (me) sounds the same as «eye». Plural: eyes.
In the corpora
- Grown-ups call very sweet romantic film scenes "soppy", and children are allowed to look away or roll their eyes.
- Sunglasses in the rain may be for sensitive eyes.
- On a real head the eyes sit about halfway down, not near the top.
- Photographing children and animals from their eye level makes the picture feel closer and more natural.
- Dancers avoid getting dizzy when spinning by spotting: fixing their eyes on one point and whipping the head round to find it again.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «eye» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.