Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see.

If you eye someone or something in a particular way, you look at them carefully in that way.

You use eye when you are talking about a person's ability to judge things or about the way in which they are considering or dealing with things.

An electric eye or infrared eye is a device which can recognize the presence of people or objects by detecting the light or heat coming from them.

People sometimes talk about the eye of the camera when they are talking about something being filmed or photographed, or the way something appears in a photograph or film.

An eye on a potato is one of the dark spots from which new stems grow.

An eye is a small metal loop which a hook fits into, as a fastening on a piece of clothing.

The eye of a needle is the small hole at one end which the thread passes through.

The eye of a storm, tornado, or hurricane is the centre of it.

If you say that something happens before your eyes ,in front of your eyes, or under your eyes, you are emphasizing that it happens where you can see it clearly and often implying that it is surprising or unpleasant.

If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly.

If something catches your eye, you suddenly notice it.

If you catch someone's eye, you do something to attract their attention, so that you can speak to them.

To clap eyes on someone or something, or set or lay eyes on them, means to see them.

If you make eye contact with someone, you look at them at the same time as they look at you, so that you are both aware that you are looking at each other. If you avoid eye contact with someone, you deliberately do not look straight at them because you feel awkward or embarrassed.

If you close your eyes to something bad or if you shut your eyes to it, you ignore it.

If you cry your eyes out, you cry very hard.

You say 'an eye for an eye' or 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' to refer to the idea that people should be punished according to the way in which they offended, for example if they hurt someone, they should be hurt equally badly in return.

If there is something as far as the eye can see, there is a lot of it and you cannot see anything else beyond it.

If you say that someone has an eye for something, you mean that they are good at noticing it or making judgments about it.

You use expressions such as in his eyes or to her eyes to indicate that you are reporting someone's opinion and that other people might think differently.

If you keep your eyes open or keep an eye out for someone or something, you watch for them carefully.

If you tell someone to keep their eyes peeled for something, you are telling them to watch very carefully for it.

If you keep an eye on something or someone, you watch them carefully, for example to make sure that they are satisfactory or safe, or not causing trouble.

If you make eyes at someone, you look at them in a way which shows that you find them attractive and which is intended to get their attention.

You say 'there's more to this than meets the eye' when you think a situation is not as simple as it seems to be.

If something, especially something surprising or impressive, meets your eyes, you see it.

If you say that all eyes are on something or that the eyes of the world are on something, you mean that everyone is paying careful attention to it and what will happen.

If someone has their eye on you, they are watching you carefully to see what you do.

If you have your eye on something, you want to have it.

If you say that you did something with your eyes open or with your eyes wide open, you mean that you knew about the problems and difficulties that you were likely to have.

If something opens your eyes, it makes you aware that something is different from the way that you thought it was.

If you see eye to eye with someone, you agree with them and have the same opinions and views.

If you say that someone or something is at the eye of the storm, you mean they are the main subject of a public disagreement.

When you take your eyes off the thing you have been watching or looking at, you stop looking at it.

If someone sees or considers something through your eyes, they consider it in the way that you do, from your point of view.

If you say that you are up to your eyes in something, you are emphasizing that you have a lot of it to deal with, and often that you are very busy.