eyed

[ahyd]

adjective

1. having an eye or eyes.

   an eyed needle; an eyed potato.

2. having eyes of a specified kind (usually used in combination).

   a blue-eyed baby.

3. having eyelike spots.

eyed

/ aɪd /

adjective

1. 1. having an eye or eyes (as specified)

   2. ( in combination )

      one-eyed

      brown-eyed

Word History and Origins

Origin of eyed¹

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; eye, -ed ³

Example Sentences

The singer is always like this – bright eyed, bushy tailed, full of beans before breakfast - but at Glastonbury, he had an extra spring in his step.

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The once-in-a-generation political opening he’d eyed for years had arrived, he decided — whether the grand dame of San Francisco politics agreed or not.

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A great blue heron balanced on a dock and watched me; a cormorant eyed me curiously.

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Other facilities being eyed or identified have troublesome pasts, according to a plan leaked to the Washington Post.

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"I went there being faithful to food, not to be eyed up and ogled, it just felt that was very uncomfortable for me," she said.

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