squint at CMU American English spelling Of Explained:
[skwınt]
squint at English => English (English Etymology) Of Explained:
1599, shortened form of asquint (adv.) "obliquely, with a sidelong glance" (12c.), probably related to skwyn in odskwyn "obliquely" (c.1440). ///
squint at English => English (Longman) Of Explained:
v [I] [Date: 1600-1700; Origin: squint (of the eyes) 'looking in different directions' (16-21 centuries), from asquint 'across, obliquely' (13-19 centuries)]//
1 to look at something with your eyes partly closed in order to see better: --Anna squinted in the sudden bright sunlight.// squint at// --Stop squinting at the screen - put your glasses on.//
2 [not in progressive] BrE to have each eye looking in a slightly different direction:
squint 2 n [singular]
1 especially BrE a condition of your eye muscles that makes each eye look in a slightly different direction:
2 have/take a squint at sth: BrE informal to look at something//
squint at English => English (Moby Thesaurus II) Of Explained:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "squint":
aberration, cast, circuitousness, cock the eye,
convergent strabismus, cross-eye, cross-eyedness, crosswiseness,
declination, deflection, deflexure, deviance, deviation,
deviousness, diagonality, digression, divagation, divergence,
esotropia, excursion, exotropia, goggle, heterotropia, indirection,
indirectness, look askance, look asquint, nonconformity,
obliqueness, obliquity, skew, skewness, squinch, squint the eye,
strabismus, transverseness, upward strabismus, vagary, walleye
squint at English => English (English Thesaurus) Of Explained:
[N] (Imperfect vision): shortsightedness, nearsightedness, longsightedness, double vision, purblindness, myopia, astigmatism, color blindness, Daltonism, strabismus, squint, cataract, ophthalmia.
[V] (Imperfect vision): see double, see vaguely, make out, barely discern, see
[N] (Imperfect vision): shortsightedness, nearsightedness, longsightedness, double vision, purblindness, myopia, astigmatism, color blindness, Daltonism, strabismus, squint, cataract, ophthalmia.
[V] (Imperfect vision): see double, see vaguely, make out, barely discern, see through a glass darkly, squint.
squint at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
verb, noun
verb
1 to look at sth with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better:
[V] to squint into / against the sun * She was squinting through the keyhole. * He squinted at the letter in his hand. * [VN] When he squinted his eyes, he could just make out a house in the distance.
2 [V] (BrE) (of an eye) to look in a different direction from the other eye:
His left eye squints a little. * A squinting eye can be corrected by surgery.
3 [V] to have eyes that look in different directions:
Does she squint?
noun
1 [C, usually sing.] a disorder of the eye muscles which causes each eye to look in a different direction:
He was born with a squint.
2 [sing.] (BrE, informal) a short look:
Have a squint at this.
Squint at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Squint \Squint\, v. i.
To have an indirect bearing, reference, or implication; to
have an allusion to, or inclination towards, something.
Yet if the following sentence means anything, it is a
squinting toward hypnotism. --The Forum.
Squint \Squint\, v. t.
1. To turn to an oblique position; to direct obliquely; as,
to squint an eye.
2. To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
He . . . squints the eye, and makes the harelid.
--Shak.
Squint \Squint\, n.
1. The act or habit of squinting.
2. (Med.) A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes;
strabismus.
3. (Arch.) Same as {Hagioscope}.
Squint \Squint\, a. [Cf. D. schuinte a slope, schuin,
schuinisch, sloping, oblique, schuins slopingly. Cf.
{Askant}, {Askance}, {Asquint}.]
1. Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the
optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See {Squint},
n., 2.
2. Fig.: Looking askance. ``Squint suspicion.'' --Milton.
Squint \Squint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squinted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Squinting}.]
1. To see or look obliquely, asquint, or awry, or with a
furtive glance.
Some can squint when they will. --Bacon.
2. (Med.) To have the axes of the eyes not coincident; -- to
be cross-eyed.
3. To deviate from a true line; to run obliquely.
squint at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
squint
adj : (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as
if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with
their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong
glances" [syn: {askance}, {askant}, {asquint}, {squint-eyed},
{squinty}, {sidelong}]
squint
n : abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: {strabismus}]
v 1: partly close one's eyes; "The children squinted to frighten
each other" [syn: {squinch}, {cross one's eyes}]
2: be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
squint at English (WD) Of Explained:
==English==
Pronunciation
* Inter: IPA » /skwɪnt/Verb
Inter: en-ver » bTranslations
Inter: trans-top » to look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlightInter: trans-mi » d
- Jèrriais: Inter: tø » roa-jer|vaie d'travèrs
- Norwegian:
- : Bokmål: Inter: t- » nb|myse, Inter: t- » nb|plire, Inter: t- » nb|glire
- : Nynorsk: Inter: t- » nn|myse, Inter: t- » nn|plire, Inter: t- » nn|glire
- Romanian: Inter: t- » ro|se chiorî
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|щуриться|tr=ščúrit’sja|sc=Cyrl Inter: imp » f, Inter: t- » ru|прищуриться|tr=priščúrit’sja|sc=Cyrl Inter: pf » .; Inter: t+ » ru|жмуриться|tr=žmúrit’sja|sc=Cyrl Inter: imp » f
- Serbo-Croatian: Inter: t- » sh|škiljitiẺ
- Spanish: Inter: t+ » es|bizcar, Inter: t+ » es|bizquear
- Swedish: Inter: t- » sv|kisa
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » to look or glance sideways
- Chinese:
- : Mandarin: Inter: t » cmn|斜視|sc=Hani, Inter: t » cmn|斜视|tr=xiéshì|sc=Hani
- Dutch: Inter: t+ » nl|loensen
- Finnish: vilkaista (sivulle), Inter: t- » fi|vilkuilla
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|loucher
- German: Inter: t+ » de|schielen
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » to look with, or have eyes that are turned in different directions
- Czech: Inter: t- » cs|šilhat
- Dutch: Inter: t- » nl|scheelkijken
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|katsoa kieroon, Inter: t- » fi|karsastaa
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|loucher
- German: Inter: t+ » de|schielen
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Noun
Inter: en-nou » nTranslations
Inter: trans-top » expression in which the eyes are partly closedInter: trans-mi » d
- German: Schielen {{n}}
- Russian: Inter: t+ » ru|прищур|m|tr=príščur
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » look of eyes which are turned in different directions, like in strabismus
- Chinese:
- : Mandarin: Inter: t » cmn|斜視|sc=Hani, Inter: t » cmn|斜视|tr=xiéshì|sc=Hani
- Dutch: Inter: t- » nl|scheelkijken|n
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|karsastus
- French: Inter: t+ » fr|strabisme|m
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » quick or sideways glance
- Finnish: Inter: t- » fi|vilkaisu
- Japanese: Inter: t+ » ja|一瞥|tr=いちべつ, ichibetsu
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-see » hagioscope
Inter: trans-top » offset angle of transmission
Inter: trans-mi » d
Inter: trans-botto » m
Related terms
* cross-eyedAnagrams
* quintsTranslation: cs » squint
Translation: de » squint
Translation: et » squint
Translation: el » squint
Translation: fa » squint
Translation: fr » squint
Translation: ko » squint
Translation: io » squint
Translation: it » squint
Translation: kn » squint
Translation: lt » squint
Translation: hu » squint
Translation: mg » squint
Translation: ml » squint
Translation: my » squint
Translation: pl » squint
Translation: ru » squint
Translation: sv » squint
Translation: tl » squint
Translation: ta » squint
Translation: te » squint
Translation: vi » squint
Translation: zh » squint