eyeball

n.

1. The globe-shaped portion of the eye surrounded by the socket and covered externally by the eyelids.
2. The eye itself.

tr.v. Informal, -balled, -ball·ing, -balls.

1. To look over carefully; scrutinize.
2. To measure or estimate roughly by sight: eyeballed the area of the wall that needed paint.

The ball or globe of the eye.

• e. equator — an imaginary line drawn around the eyeball midway between the poles.
• e. fundus — the depths of the eyeball viewed from the pupil.
• e. meridians — imaginary lines drawn round the eyeball joining the two poles.
• e. oscillation — see nystagmus.
• e. size abnormal — includes macrophthalmia, microphthalmia.

IN BRIEF: The round part of the eye shaped like a sphere.

In science class, they studied an eyeball of a cow.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - øjeæble
v. tr. - stirre på, beglo

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    ansigt til ansigt
• up to the eyeballs    fuldstændig

Nederlands (Dutch)
oogbol, aanstaren, gebaseerd op observatie

Français (French)
n. - (Anat) globe oculaire
v. tr. - lancer des regards agressifs à (qn)

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    les yeux dans les yeux, lancer un regard agressif
• up to the eyeballs    par dessus la tête

Deutsch (German)
n. - Augapfel
v. - glotzen

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    Auge in Auge
• up to the eyeballs    vollkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) βολβός του ματιού

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο
• up to the eyeballs    μέχρι τα μπούνια, μέχρι εκεί που δεν παίρνει άλλο

Italiano (Italian)
bulbo oculare

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    faccia a faccia
• up to the eyeballs    completamente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - globo (m) ocular (Anat.)

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    frente a frente
• up to the eyeballs    muito ocupado

Русский (Russian)
глазное яблоко

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    прямая конфронтация
• up to the eyeballs    по горло

Español (Spanish)
n. - globo del ojo, globo ocular
v. tr. - observar a alguien de cerca

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    confrontar de cerca, cara a cara
• up to the eyeballs    muy involucrado, estar hasta aquí

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ögonglob

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
眼球, 眼珠, 盯住看, 仔细对...打量

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    面对面的, 直接对抗的
• up to the eyeballs    非常忙, 到极点

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 眼球, 眼珠
v. tr. - 盯住看, 仔細對...打量

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    面對面的, 直接對抗的
• up to the eyeballs    非常忙, 到極點

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 눈알, 안구
v. tr. - 노려보다, 응시하다

idioms:

• up to the eyeballs    매우 안 좋은 상태에 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 眼球

idioms:

• eyeball to eyeball    近くで向き合って
• up to the eyeballs    仕事に没頭して, 借金に身動きがとれずに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) العين, مقله العين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גלגל העין‬
v. tr. - ‮לטש עין (מדוברת, צ. אמריקה)‬

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