squinting
present participle ofsquint
squint
verb[I]
uk/skwɪnt/us/skwɪnt/topartlycloseyoureyesinordertoseemoreclearly:
Thesunwasshiningstraightin hereyesand made her squint.
UK
If apersonor aneyesquints, theeyelooksin a differentdirectionto the othereye, because of aweaknessof theeyemuscles:
Lili'slefteyesquintedslightlywhen she wastired.
Using the eyes
- accommodate
- accommodation
- all eyes are onsomeone/somethingidiom
- astigmatic
- beholder
- butcher
- corner
- fix
- gaze
- glare
- glass
- lookout
- perceive
- scope
- seesomethingwithyourown eyesidiom
- seeing is believingidiom
- shoot a glance atsomeoneidiom
- spot
- stand oversomeone
- tab
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The eye & surrounding area
Examplesofsquinting
squinting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Thus, orientation pinwheel centers in convergentlysquintingcats did not exhibit a consistent and significant topographical relationship to the peaks of ocular dominance domains.
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Optical imaging of orientation and ocular dominance maps in area 17 of convergentlysquintingcats.
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Iso-orientation domains exhibited a pinwheel-like organization, as previously described for normal and divergentlysquintingcats.
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Quantitative analysis of orientation-preference maps revealed that the average pinwheel density was similar for normal and convergentlysquintingcats.
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The central design on the loincloths is a deity mask identified by its large,squintingeyes and a sign for mirror infixed in its forehead.
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I laughed out loud a few times at his animated talk, which would make him pause and smile,squintinghis eyes at me, before he started up again.
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Thesquintinghas come about because of irresponsible extravagant authorities.
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It may be true, but it does not mean thatsquintingis the best way of looking at an object.
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Distichiae can irritate the eye and cause tearing,squinting, inflammation, corneal abrasions or corneal ulcers, and scarring.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Squintingor frequent rubbing of the eyes is also common with exotropia.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Squintingand uncontrollable eye movements may be initial signs and symptoms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Such flashes are not the result ofsquinting, and can occur in one eye at a time or in both eyes at once.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This can be approximated in the visual system bysquintingone's eyes or moving away from the image.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Creep along the rivulets and curls of writhing truth, this feral fetussquintingin a boundless womb of cultivations.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These muscles are not only imperative in blinking, but they are also important in many other functions such assquintingand winking.
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