1 VERB If someone exudes a quality or feeling, or if it exudes , they show that they have it to a great extent. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] The guerrillas exude confidence. Every town, they say, is under their control. □ [V ] A dogged air of confidence exuded.
2 VERB If something exudes a liquid or smell or if a liquid or smell exudes from it, the liquid or smell comes out of it slowly and steadily. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] Nearby was a factory which exuded a pungent smell. □ [V + from ] …the fluid that exudes from the cane toad's back.
ex|ult / I gzʌ lt/ (exults , exulting , exulted ) VERB If you exult in a triumph or success that you have had, you feel and show great happiness and pleasure because of it. [WRITTEN ] □ [V + in ] He was exulting in a win at the show earlier that day. □ [V + at ] Some individual investors exulted at the record. □ [V ] I exulted and wept for joy. □ [V with quote] 'This is what I've longed for during my entire career,' Kendall exulted. ● ex|ul|ta|tion /e gzʌlte I ʃ ə n/ N‑UNCOUNT □ I felt a tremendous sense of relief and exultation.
ex|ult|ant / I gzʌ lt ə nt/ ADJ If you are exultant , you feel very happy and proud about something you have done. [FORMAL ] □ An exultant party leader said: 'He will be an excellent MP.' ● ex|ult|ant|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ 'We cannot lose the war!' he shouted exultantly.
eye ◆◆◆ /a I / (eyes , eyeing or eying , eyed )
1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N in pl] Your eyes are the parts of your body with which you see. □ I opened my eyes and looked. □ Maria's eyes filled with tears. □ …a tall, thin white-haired lady with piercing dark brown eyes. □ He is now blind in one eye.
2 VERB If you eye someone or something in a particular way, you look at them carefully in that way. □ [V n prep/adv] Sally eyed Claire with interest. □ [V n] Martin eyed the bottle at Marianne's elbow.
3 N‑COUNT [usu sing] You use eye when you are talking about a person's ability to judge things or about the way in which they are considering or dealing with things. □ [+for ] William was a man of discernment, with an eye for quality. □ Their chief negotiator turned his critical eye on the United States. □ He first learnt to fish under the watchful eye of his grandmother.
4 N‑COUNT An eye on a potato is one of the dark spots from which new stems grow.
5 N‑COUNT An eye is a small metal loop which a hook fits into, as a fastening on a piece of clothing.
6 N‑COUNT The eye of a needle is the small hole at one end which the thread passes through.
7 N‑SING The eye of a storm, tornado, or hurricane is the centre of it. □ [+ of ] The eye of the hurricane hit Florida just south of Miami.
8 → see also black eye , private eye , shut-eye
9 PHRASE If you say that something happens before your eyes , in front of your eyes , or under your eyes , you are emphasizing that it happens where you can see it clearly and often implying that it is surprising or unpleasant. [EMPHASIS ] □ A lot of them died in front of our eyes.
10 PHRASE If you cast your eye or run your eye over something, you look at it or read it quickly. □ I would be grateful if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it.
11 PHRASE If something catches your eye , you suddenly notice it. □ As she turned back, a movement across the lawn caught her eye.
12 → see also eye-catching
13 PHRASE If you catch someone's eye , you do something to attract their attention, so that you can speak to them. □ I tried to catch Chrissie's eye to find out what she was playing at.
14 PHRASE To clap eyes on someone or something, or set or lay eyes on them, means to see them. [INFORMAL ] □ That's probably the bleakest island I've ever had the misfortune to clap eyes on. □ What was he doing when you last set eyes on him?
15 PHRASE If you make eye contact with someone, you look at them at the same time as they look at you, so that you are both aware that you are looking at each other. If you avoid eye contact with someone, you deliberately do not look straight at them because you feel awkward or embarrassed. □ She was looking at me across the room, and we made eye contact several times. □ I walked down the high street, avoiding eye contact with passers-by.
16 PHRASE If you close your eyes to something bad or if you shut your eyes to it, you ignore it. □ Most governments must simply be shutting their eyes to the problem.
17 PHRASE If you cry your eyes out , you cry very hard. [INFORMAL ]
18 PHRASE If there is something as far as the eye can see , there is a lot of it and you cannot see anything else beyond it. □ There are pine trees as far as the eye can see.
19 PHRASE If you say that someone has an eye for something, you mean that they are good at noticing it or making judgments about it. □ Susan has a keen eye for detail, so each dress is beautifully finished off.
20 PHRASE You use expressions such as in his eyes or to her eyes to indicate that you are reporting someone's opinion and that other people might think differently. □ The other serious problem in the eyes of the new government is communalism. □ Richard Dorrington was, in their eyes, a very sensible and reliable man.