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Eyed Moderate

Eyed has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of eye

"She eyed the suspicious package before calling the police."

In plain English: To eyed means to look at someone with attention, suspicion, or desire.

"She eyed the menu carefully before deciding what to order."

Adjective
1

having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination

"a peacock's eyed feathers"

"red-eyed"

2

Having eyes.

"The statue is made of stone and has no eyes, so it cannot be truly eyed like a living creature."

Example Sentences
"She eyed the menu carefully before deciding what to order." verb
"She eyed the discount sign with interest before buying the shoes." verb
"He eyed his reflection in the mirror and frowned at his untucked shirt." verb
"The dog eyed the ball across the yard and waited for its owner to throw it." verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
eyeless

Origin

Eyed comes from Middle English, where it was formed by adding the suffix -ed to the word eye. This construction originally indicated that something had an eye or possessed eyesight.

Rhyming Words
yed dyed syed lyed bayed joyed tryed skyed keyed wayed payed rayed toyed sayed buyed layed guyed fayed uneyed brayed
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