eye

/ɑɪ/ n [C]

Definition

› one of the pair of organs of seeing in the faces of humans and animals: She has green eyes. › The eye of a needle is the hole through which you put the thread.

(Definition of eye n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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black eye n
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