| eyeball | | |
| n. (body) | 1. eyeball, orb | the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye. |
| ~ eye, oculus, optic | the organ of sight. |
| ~ capsule | a structure that encloses a body part. |
| v. (perception) | 2. eye, eyeball | look at. |
| ~ 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!" |
| fixate | | |
| v. (social) | 1. fixate | attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way.; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40" |
| ~ bind, bond, attach, tie | create social or emotional ties.; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
| v. (perception) | 2. fixate | pay attention to exclusively and obsessively.; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death" |
| ~ advert, give ear, pay heed, attend, hang | give heed (to).; "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" |
| v. (change) | 3. fix, fixate | make fixed, stable or stationary.; "let's fix the picture to the frame" |
| ~ attach | cause to be attached. |
| v. (change) | 4. fixate, settle on | become fixed (on).; "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon" |
| ~ freeze, stop dead | stop moving or become immobilized.; "When he saw the police car he froze" |
| focus | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing | the concentration of attention or energy on something.; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" |
| ~ engrossment, immersion, absorption, concentration | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| ~ particularism | a focus on something particular. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system.; "in focus"; "out of focus" |
| ~ distinctness, sharpness | the quality of being sharp and clear. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. focus | maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea.; "the controversy brought clearly into focus an important difference of opinion" |
| ~ clarity, clearness, limpidity, lucidity, lucidness, pellucidity | free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression. |
| n. (state) | 4. focal point, focus, nidus | a central point or locus of an infection in an organism.; "the focus of infection" |
| ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| ~ focal infection | bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere. |
| n. (state) | 5. focus, stress | special emphasis attached to something.; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" |
| ~ emphasis, accent | special importance or significance.; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 6. focal point, focus | a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges. |
| ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| n. (location) | 7. focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section. |
| ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| ~ engross, engulf, steep, immerse, soak up, absorb, plunge | devote (oneself) fully to.; "He immersed himself into his studies" |
| ~ cerebrate, cogitate, think | use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments.; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| ~ rivet | hold (someone's attention).; "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists" |
| ~ recall | cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" |
| ~ think | focus one's attention on a certain state.; "Think big"; "think thin" |
| ~ zoom in | examine closely; focus one's attention on.; "He zoomed in on the book" |
| ~ take heed, listen, hear | listen and pay attention.; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" |
| v. (perception) | 9. focus | cause to converge on or toward a central point.; "Focus the light on this image" |
| ~ refocus | focus once again.; "The physicist refocused the light beam" |
| ~ sharpen | make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper. |
| v. (cognition) | 10. concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus | bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions. |
| ~ align, aline, adjust, line up | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" |
| ~ refocus | focus anew.; "The group needs to refocus its goals" |
| v. (change) | 11. focalise, focalize, focus | become focussed or come into focus.; "The light focused" |
| ~ adapt, conform, adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| v. (change) | 12. focalise, focalize, focus, sharpen | put (an image) into focus.; "Please focus the image; we cannot enjoy the movie" |
| ~ adjust, correct, set | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard.; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" |
| ~ refocus | put again into focus or focus more sharply.; "refocus the image until it is very sharp" |
| ~ focalise, focalize, focus | become focussed or come into focus.; "The light focused" |
| gaze | | |
| n. (act) | 1. gaze, regard | a long fixed look.; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" |
| ~ stare | a fixed look with eyes open wide. |
| v. (perception) | 2. gaze, stare | look at with fixed eyes.; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement" |
| ~ 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!" |
| ~ outface, outstare, stare down | overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring.; "He simply stared down his opponent" |
| ~ stargaze | observe the stars. |
| stare | | |
| n. (act) | 1. stare | a fixed look with eyes open wide. |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ gaze, regard | a long fixed look.; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" |
| ~ glower, glare | an angry stare. |
| ~ contemplation | a long and thoughtful observation. |
| ~ gape | a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open). |
| v. (body) | 2. stare | fixate one's eyes.; "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly" |
| ~ glare, glower | look at with a fixed gaze.; "The girl glared at the man who tried to make a pass at her" |
| ~ 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!" |
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