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EYELESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eyeless mean?
• EYELESS (adjective)
The adjective EYELESS has 2 senses:
1. lacking eyes or eyelike features
2. lacking sight
Familiarity information: EYELESS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking eyes or eyelike features
Context example:
an eyeless needle
Antonym:
eyed (having an eye or eyes or eyelike feature especially as specified; often used in combination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking sight
Synonyms:
Context example:
blind as an eyeless beggar
Similar:
blind; unsighted (unable to see)
Derivation:
eyelessness (blindness due to loss of the eyes)
Context examples
I held out my hand, and the horrible, soft-spoken, eyeless creature gripped it in a moment like a vise.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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