āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
Squint
01
the act of looking with the eyes partly closed, often to see more clearly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A squint helped him focus on the fine details.
02
a misalignment or deviation of one or both eyes from their normal position
03
a narrow, angled opening or passage in a wall, often in architecture, allowing sight or movement between spaces
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers peered through the squint during the siege.
to squint
01
āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻ āϰā§āϧā§āĻ āĻā§āϞāĻž āĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§
to look with eyes half-opened when hit by light, or as a sign of suspicion, etc.
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective squinted at the unfamiliar figure in the dimly lit alley.
āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŽ āĻāϞā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻā§āϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ
to have eyes that are pointed in different directions
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's parents became concerned when they noticed that he often squints.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āϝ⧠āϏ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻāϧ⧠āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
to partially close one's eye or eyes in order to see more clearly or to protect them from light
Transitive: to squint one's eyes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The photographer squinted his subject's eyes slightly to give a more intense and focused look in the portrait.
āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāϰāĻ āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāϏāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĢāĻā§āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻā§āĻ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻŦāύā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
squint
01
(of a look or glance) directed sideways, often showing doubt, suspicion, or envy
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
squinty
squint
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