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eye

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"Vision organ"

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3 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪ̯/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eeyStarts with EEnds with E21 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Organ used for sight; also to look at something closely.

Word origin

From Middle English eye, yë, eyghe, from Old English ēage (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle.

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: eyeball
  • Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
  • To vvhat, my loue, ſhall I compare thine eyne? / Chriſtall is muddy.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer21 curated clues

01Vision organ3 letters
02Needle hole3 letters
03Needle opening3 letters
04Needle threader’s target3 letters
05Opening in a needle3 letters
06Organ for seeing3 letters
07Organ for sight3 letters
08Organ used to see3 letters
09Organ used to wink3 letters
10Organ with a pupil3 letters
11Part behind a blink3 letters
12Part that sees3 letters
13Part used for seeing3 letters
14Part with a pupil3 letters
15Peacock feather spot3 letters
16Storm center3 letters
17Storm's calm center3 letters
18Wink feature3 letters
19Wink maker3 letters
20Sight organ3 letters
21Seeing organ3 letters

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