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eye
Part of Speech: noun
The organ of sight or vision. In man, and the vertebrates generally, it is properly the movable ball or globe in the orbit, but the term often includes the adjacent parts. In most invertebrates the years are immovable ocelli, or compound eyes made up of numerous ocelli. See Ocellus.
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adjective
Part of Speech: Noun
Results: 7
            1.                                           of                                                         or                                                         relating                                                         to                                                         or                                                           functioning                                                         as                                                         an                                                           adjective; "                                                        adjectival                                                           syntax"; "                                                        an                                                           adjective                                                         clause"                                    
Part of Speech: noun

            1.                                           Added                                                         to                                                           a                                                           substantive                                                         as                                                         an                                                         attribute;                                                         of                                                         the                                                         nature                                                         of                                                         an                                                         adjunct;                                                         as,                                                         an                                                           adjective                                                         word                                                         or                                                         sentence.                                    

            2.                                           Not                                                         standing                                                         by                                                         itself;                                                         dependent.                                    

            3.                                           Relating                                                         to                                                           procedure.                                    

            4.                                             A                                                         dependent;                                                         an                                                         accessory.                                    

            5.                                             A                                                         word                                                         used                                                         with                                                           a                                                         noun,                                                         or                                                           substantive,                                                         to                                                         express                                                           a                                                         quality                                                         of                                                         the                                                         thing                                                         named,                                                         or                                                           something                                                         attributed                                                         to                                                         it,                                                         or                                                         to                                                         limit                                                         or                                                         define                                                         it,                                                         or                                                         to                                                           specify                                                         or                                                         describe                                                           a                                                         thing,                                                         as                                                         distinct                                                         from                                                           something                                                         else.                                                         Thus,                                                         in                                                         phrase, "                                                          a                                                         wise                                                         ruler,"                                                         wise                                                         is                                                         the                                                           adjective,                                                         expressing                                                           a                                                           property                                                         of                                                         ruler.                                    
Part of Speech: verb transitive

            1.                                           To                                                         make                                                         an                                                           adjective                                                         of;                                                         to                                                         form                                                         or                                                         change                                                         into                                                         an                                                           adjective.                                    
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