{
  "eying":{
    "to keep one's eyes on":{
      "examples":[
        "a lot of his backyard bird watching was spent eyeing the squirrels as they depleted the bird feeder of seeds"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "following",
        "observing",
        "watching"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beholding",
        "looking",
        "perceiving",
        "regarding",
        "seeing",
        "viewing",
        "gaping",
        "gawking",
        "gazing",
        "glaring",
        "goggling",
        "looking on",
        "peering",
        "rubbernecking",
        "staring",
        "guarding",
        "waking",
        "warding",
        "bird-dogging",
        "monitoring",
        "studying",
        "spying",
        "espying",
        "glancing",
        "glimpsing",
        "peeking",
        "peeping"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blinking",
        "winking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
      "examples":[
        "I wondered who tracked dirt all over the floor until I eyed the muddy sneakers"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beholding",
        "catching",
        "descrying",
        "discerning",
        "distinguishing",
        "espying",
        "looking (at)",
        "noticing",
        "noting",
        "observing",
        "perceiving",
        "regarding",
        "remarking",
        "seeing",
        "sighting",
        "spotting",
        "spying",
        "viewing",
        "witnessing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "identifying",
        "making out",
        "picking out",
        "picking up",
        "attending (to)",
        "considering",
        "heeding",
        "marking",
        "minding",
        "studying",
        "watching",
        "examining",
        "inspecting",
        "scanning",
        "scrutinizing",
        "surveying",
        "glancing (at)",
        "glimpsing",
        "peering (at)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregarding",
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "overpassing",
        "passing over",
        "missing",
        "overlooking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to give serious and careful thought to":{
      "examples":[
        "we're eyeing the possibility of buying property there"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chewing over",
        "cogitating",
        "considering",
        "contemplating",
        "debating",
        "deliberating",
        "entertaining",
        "kicking around",
        "meditating",
        "mulling (over)",
        "perpending",
        "pondering",
        "poring (over)",
        "questioning",
        "revolving",
        "ruminating",
        "studying",
        "thinking (about or over)",
        "turning",
        "weighing",
        "wrestling (with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "musing (upon)",
        "reflecting (on or upon)",
        "reminiscing",
        "analyzing",
        "exploring",
        "reviewing",
        "concluding",
        "reasoning",
        "second-guessing",
        "speculating (about)",
        "brooding (about or over)",
        "dwelling (on or upon)",
        "fixating (on or upon)",
        "fretting (about or over)",
        "obsessing (about or over)",
        "believing",
        "conceiving",
        "opining",
        "absorbing",
        "assimilating",
        "digesting",
        "drinking (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disregarding",
        "ignoring",
        "overlooking",
        "slighting",
        "dismissing",
        "pooh-poohing",
        "poohing",
        "rejecting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}