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visual acuity, perception: Her eyes are weakened by so much<br />

reading. 3 discernment, perception, taste, judgement,<br />

discrimination, percipience, perspicacity, appreciation,<br />

sensitivity; knowledge, recognition, comprehension: Shirley has<br />

a good eye for Chinese antiques. Walmsley has the eye of an<br />

artist. 4 liking, affection, fondness, partiality, appreciation;<br />

lustfulness: Old Bisley still has an eye for the girls. 5<br />

ogle, leer, look, wink, glad eye, sidelong glance: The barmaid<br />

gave me the eye as soon as I walked in. 6 view, respect,<br />

regard, aim, intention, purpose, design, plan, idea, notion: He<br />

lent me the money with an eye to asking a favour in return. 7<br />

attention, regard, look, scrutiny, view, examination,<br />

observation; supervision: All our comings and goings were under<br />

the watchful eye of Scotland Yard. 8 guard, lookout, watch,<br />

vigil: The class monitor is expected to keep an eye on the<br />

younger children.<br />

--v. 9 examine, scrutinize, look at, regard: My future<br />

mother-in-law eyed me up and down. 10 behold, gaze or look or<br />

peer at or upon, contemplate, study, regard, view, inspect;<br />

watch, observe: The doctor eyed the wound with concern.<br />

eyewitness<br />

n. witness, observer, spectator, viewer, watcher; bystander,<br />

onlooker, passer-by: The police sought eyewitnesses to the<br />

accident.<br />

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6.1 fabric...<br />

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fabric n. 1 cloth, textile, material, stuff: The chair is upholstered<br />

in traditional floral fabric. 2 construction, constitution,<br />

core, heart, foundation, structure, framework, organization,<br />

configuration, make-up: Extensive strikes threatened the very<br />

fabric of our society.<br />

fabricate v. 1 erect, build, construct, frame, raise, put or set up,

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