eying
nounHow many syllables in eying?
There are 2 syllables in the word eying.How to pronounce eying:
Definition of eying:
- eying (noun):
- the ability to see or record what is happening
- a specialized light-sensitive sensory structure of animals that in nearly all vertebrates, most arthropods, and some mollusks is the image-forming organ of sight
- the nearly spherical usually paired hollow organ of sight in vertebrates that is filled with a jellylike material, is lined with a photosensitive retina, and is lodged in a bony orbit in the skull
Synonyms for eying:
following
gazing
guarding
looking
observing
seeing
staring
watching
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