eye vs squint

eye

noun
  • A meaningful stare or look. 

  • A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line. 

  • A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. 

  • The dark spot on a black-eyed pea. 

  • One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese. 

  • The circle in the centre of a volute. 

  • The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm. 

  • An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones. 

  • The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour. 

  • A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator. 

  • A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye. 

  • The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted. 

  • The visual sense. 

  • A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone. 

  • The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e. 

  • Tinge; shade of colour. 

  • The ability to notice what others might miss. 

  • The name of the Latin-script letter I. 

  • Attention, notice. 

  • An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light). 

  • View or opinion. 

  • A reproductive bud in a potato. 

  • A brood. 

  • The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower. 

  • That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. 

verb
  • To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible. 

  • To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes). 

  • To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something). (poetic) 

  • To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something). 

squint

noun
  • A quick or sideways glance. 

  • An expression in which the eyes are partly closed. 

  • A hagioscope. 

  • A short look; a peep. 

  • The angle by which the transmission signal is offset from the normal of a phased array antenna. 

  • The look of eyes which are turned in different directions, as in strabismus. 

adj
  • Looking obliquely; having the vision distorted. 

  • askew, not level 

verb
  • To look or glance sideways. 

  • To be not quite straight, off-centred; to deviate from a true line; to run obliquely. 

  • To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely. 

  • To look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions; to suffer from strabismus. 

  • To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression. 

  • To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something. 

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