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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "squint"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

the act of looking with the eyes partly closed, often to see more clearly

squint definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A squint helped him focus on the fine details.
02

a misalignment or deviation of one or both eyes from their normal position

squint definition and meaning
03

a narrow, angled opening or passage in a wall, often in architecture, allowing sight or movement between spaces

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Soldiers peered through the squint during the siege.
01

āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϕ⧁āρāϚāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϧ⧇āĻ• āĻ–ā§‹āϞāĻž āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to look with eyes half-opened when hit by light, or as a sign of suspicion, etc.
Intransitive
to squint definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The detective squinted at the unfamiliar figure in the dimly lit alley.
āĻ—ā§‹āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻž āĻ•āĻŽ āφāϞ⧋āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŸā§‡āϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻšā§‹āĻ–

to have eyes that are pointed in different directions
Intransitive
to squint definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The child 's parents became concerned when they noticed that he often squints.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
03

āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϕ⧁āρāϚāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āφāϧ⧋ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž

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
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The photographer squinted his subject's eyes slightly to give a more intense and focused look in the portrait.
āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϰāĻ“ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§‡āĻšāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‹āĻ– āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

(of a look or glance) directed sideways, often showing doubt, suspicion, or envy

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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