eyed

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: I'd

Adjective

eyed (not comparable)

1. Having eyes.
2. Having eye-like spots.

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

3. (in compounds) Having the specified kind or number of eyes.
   • 1901 November 7, Gertrude C. Davenport and Charles C. Davenport, “Heredity of Eye-color in Man”, in Science, New Series, MacMillan, Volume 26, Number 670, page 592:

     Gray and blue-eyed parents will tend to have either gray-eyed children only or an equal number of gray- and of blue-eyed children according as the gray-eyed parent is homozygous or heterozygous.

Derived terms

having a particular kind or number of eyes

black-eyed bean black-eyed Susan blue-eyed boy boss-eyed bug-eyed

cock-eyed cross-eyed doe-eyed dewy-eyed eagle-eyed

glassy-eyed goggle-eyed googly-eyed hawk-eyed open-eyed

oxeyed pie-eyed pop-eyed wall-eyed wide-eyed

Verb

eyed

1. simple past tense and past participle of eye

Anagrams

• yede