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