eye
verb/aɪ/
/aɪ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they eye | /aɪ/ /aɪ/ |
| he / she / it eyes | /aɪz/ /aɪz/ |
| past simple eyed | /aɪd/ /aɪd/ |
| past participle eyed | /aɪd/ /aɪd/ |
| -ing form eyeing | /ˈaɪɪŋ/ /ˈaɪɪŋ/ |
| -ing form eying | /ˈaɪɪŋ/ /ˈaɪɪŋ/ |
- eye somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) to look at somebody/something carefully, especially because you want something or you suspect that something is wrong
- to eye somebody suspiciously
- He couldn't help eyeing the cakes hungrily.
- They eyed us with alarm.
- The children eyed the cakes greedily.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- keenly
- narrowly
- sharply
- …
Word OriginOld English ēage, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oog and German Auge.
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