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eyed

[ ahyd ]

adjective

  1. having an eye or eyes:

    an eyed needle; an eyed potato.

  2. having eyes of a specified kind (usually used in combination):

    a blue-eyed baby.

  3. having eyelike spots.


eyed

/ aɪd /

adjective

    1. having an eye or eyes (as specified)
    2. ( in combination )

      one-eyed

      brown-eyed

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eyed1

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; eye, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

"Our study is the first to identify the species and likely elements from which Paleoindians produced eyed bone needles," the researchers wrote.

“A lot of times you see people who are my age and they are puffy eyed and they have bloat. That’s what it is — lack of water, lack of mobility.”

Dodger Stadium was built in Chavez Ravine, and planners eyed Little Tokyo for the expansion of the Civic Center.

As he surveyed the free-agent landscape, Parkinson eyed the Rams and noted what Higbee had said in the past about the Rams’ environment.

Stokes did not bowl, England were bereft and Da Silva eyed a hundred.

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