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Definition of eye verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

eye

verb
 
/aɪ/
 
/aɪ/
Verb Forms
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/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. 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
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    Word OriginOld English ēage, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oog and German Auge.
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