| squint | | |
| n. (state) | 1. squint, strabismus | abnormal alignment of one or both eyes. |
| ~ abnormalcy, abnormality | an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies. |
| ~ convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, esotropia | strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose. |
| ~ divergent strabismus, exotropia, walleye | strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward. |
| n. (act) | 2. squint | the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed. |
| ~ looking, looking at, look | the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually.; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" |
| v. (body) | 3. squinch, squint | cross one's eyes as if in strabismus.; "The children squinted so as to scare each other" |
| ~ grimace, make a face, pull a face | contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state.; "He grimaced when he saw the amount of homework he had to do" |
| v. (perception) | 4. squint | be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus. |
| ~ look | perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards.; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" |
| v. (body) | 5. squint | partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding light.; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield" |
| ~ look | have a certain outward or facial expression.; "How does she look?"; "The child looks unhappy"; "She looked pale after the surgery" |
| adj. | 6. askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.; "her eyes with their misted askance look"; "sidelong glances" |
| ~ indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination.; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" |
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