eyeing (verb)

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• eye up — verb To examine closely something coveted That creep in the corner was eyeing me up …   Wiktionary

• eye — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēage; akin to Old High German ouga eye, Latin oculus, Greek ōps eye, face, Sanskrit akṣi eye Date: before 12th century 1. a. a specialized light sensitive sensory structure of animals that in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• eye — 1 /aI/ noun (C) BODY PART 1 one of the two parts of the body that people and animals use to see: Annie has blue eyes. | Close your eyes and count to ten. 2 blue eyed/one eyed/bright eyed/wide eyed etc having blue eyes, one eye, bright eyes, eyes… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• caracole — 1. noun /ˈkærəkəʊl/ A half turn performed by a horse and rider. quotations: 2. verb /ˈkærəkəʊl/ To execute a caracole. , 1819: Prince John, upon a grey and high mettled palfrey, caracoled within the lists at the head of his jovial party, laughing …   Wiktionary

• spell — 1. noun /spɛl/ a) Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. He cast a spell to cure warts. b) A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. under a spell Syn: cantrip …   Wiktionary

• eye — [[t]a͟ɪ[/t]] ♦ eyes, eyeing, eying (present participle), eyed 1) N COUNT: oft poss N in pl Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see. I opened my eyes and looked... Maria s eyes filled with tears. ...a tall, thin white haired lady… …   English dictionary

• eye up — PHRASAL VERB If someone eyes you up, they look at you in a way that shows they consider you attractive. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V P n (not pron)] ...a slob called Drew who spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments... [V n P] The women …   English dictionary

• eye — noun 1》 the organ of sight in humans or other animals.     ↘a person s attitude or feelings: to European eyes, the city seems overcrowded. 2》 a rounded eye like marking on an animal.     ↘a round, dark spot on a potato from which a new shoot can… …   English new terms dictionary

• eye — 1. noun 1) he rubbed his eyes Syn: eyeball; informal peeper, baby blues; literary or humorous orb 2) sharp eyes Syn: eyesight, vision, sight, powers of observation, perception, visual perception 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• eye — I UK [aɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms eye : singular eye plural eyes *** 1) a) one of the two body parts in your face that you use for seeing Close your eyes and go to sleep. He gazed into her eyes as she spoke. The suspect is in his… …   English dictionary

• eye up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms eye up : present tense I/you/we/they eye up he/she/it eyes up present participle eyeing up or eying up past tense eyed up past participle eyed up British informal to look at someone in a way that shows you are …   English dictionary