plural of eye
"She blinked her eyes rapidly before finally looking at me and smiling."
In plain English: Eyes are the organs on your face that let you see things around you.
"She watched her favorite movie with wide eyes."
Usage: Use "eyes" to refer to two or more individual eyes on a person or animal, or to describe plants that have buds capable of producing new stems. Do not use this plural form when referring to the single organ of sight in a general sense unless you are counting multiple instances.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eye
"She eyes the last slice of pizza on the plate, hoping someone else will take it first."
In plain English: To eyes something means to look at it with your eyes.
"The crowd began to eye the stranger with suspicion as he walked past."
Usage: Use "eyes" as a verb to describe looking at someone or something with a specific intent, such as suspicion, desire, or admiration. In the third-person singular present tense, it functions like "he eyes the prize," implying an active focus rather than just seeing.
Derived from Old English ēage, this plural form originally referred to the physical organs of sight in humans and animals. The root is related to Proto-Germanic augō and ultimately traces back to the Proto-Indo-European base h₂ew- meaning "to see.