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Eyed

//aɪd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having eyes. not-comparable

    "The familiar hatchery practice of agitating the eggs after they are eyed, called shocking or addling, ruptures the yolk membranes of the ever-tender sterile eggs. The result is a precipitation of the globulin and a whitening of the egg."

  2. 2
    Having eye-like spots. not-comparable

    "The back of the beetle was eyed to make it appear to be a snake to a predator."

  3. 3
    Having the specified kind or number of eyes. in-compounds, not-comparable

    "What mean you, sir, / To give them this discomfort? Look, they weep; / And I, an ass, am onion-eyed: for shame, / Transform us not to women."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of eye form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.

Etymology 2

From Middle English eyed, eied, iȝed, y-yȝed, equivalent to eye + -ed.

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