Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fabric woven with a pattern of small diamonds, each having a dot in the center.
- noun The pattern of such a fabric.
- adjective Marked with a spot or spots resembling a bird's eye or eyes, as the bird's-eye maple or a blue flower having a small circular yellow center.
- adjective Derived from or as if from an altitude or distance; comprehensive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun plural A Californian wild flower, Gilia tricolor, sometimes carpeting whole slopes.
- noun In botany: The pheasant's-eye, Adonis autumnalis.
- noun The speedwell, Veronica Chamædrys: so named from its bright-blue flower.
- noun A species of primrose, Primula farinosa.
- noun A fine kind of tobacco, partly manufactured from the leafstalks of the plant, and forming, when ready for use, a loose fibrous mass with thin slices of stalk interspersed, the latter marked somewhat like a bird's eye.
- Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute or entering into details: as, a bird's-eye landscape; a bird's-eye view of a subject.
- Resembling a bird's eye; having spots or markings somewhat resembling birds' eyes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details.
- adjective Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes.
- noun (Bot.) A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (
Primula farinosa ), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
spots resembling theeyes of abird - adjective As if viewed from an
altitude ;panoramic - noun A
fabric having a pattern of smallcircles ordiamonds with a spot in each centre
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective as from an altitude or distance
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Examples
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DALLAS—Drones, the remote-controlled aircraft used in combat zones, are now hovering over some U.S. cities as police enlist them to get a bird's-eye view of crime scenes and accidents at relatively low expense.
The Law's New Eye in the Sky Ana Campoy 2011
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Meanwhile, the auction gives a bird's-eye view of the year's releases.
For Movie Nerds, a League of Their Own Marshall Heyman 2011
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Most importantly, though, the bird's-eye view of Woody Creek gave motorists a glimpse at one of the finest installations of public art in Colorado history: a barn with a blue roof on which had been painted a gigantic middle finger.
Todd Hartley: Two Thumbs Up for Giant Offensive Fingers Todd Hartley 2010
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But the growing muscle of securities firms in the metal-storage business is riling users and traders, who say the firms have both a bird's-eye view of supply and demand and the ability to control what goes in and out of their warehouses.
Commodities Beckon Banks Carolyn Cui 2011
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For the participants in one of two recreational tree-climbing workshops offered by the garden each year, the class was a combination of grueling upper-body work and dogged, slow progress rewarded with a bird's-eye view of the Bronx.
Come, Climb a Tree (Just This Once) Jo Piazza 2011
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Most importantly, though, the bird's-eye view of Woody Creek gave motorists a glimpse at one of the finest installations of public art in Colorado history: a barn with a blue roof on which had been painted a gigantic middle finger.
Todd Hartley: Two Thumbs Up for Giant Offensive Fingers Todd Hartley 2010
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Most importantly, though, the bird's-eye view of Woody Creek gave motorists a glimpse at one of the finest installations of public art in Colorado history: a barn with a blue roof on which had been painted a gigantic middle finger.
Todd Hartley: Two Thumbs Up for Giant Offensive Fingers Todd Hartley 2010
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Most importantly, though, the bird's-eye view of Woody Creek gave motorists a glimpse at one of the finest installations of public art in Colorado history: a barn with a blue roof on which had been painted a gigantic middle finger.
Todd Hartley: Two Thumbs Up for Giant Offensive Fingers Todd Hartley 2010
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Most importantly, though, the bird's-eye view of Woody Creek gave motorists a glimpse at one of the finest installations of public art in Colorado history: a barn with a blue roof on which had been painted a gigantic middle finger.
Todd Hartley: Two Thumbs Up for Giant Offensive Fingers Todd Hartley 2010
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But the growing muscle of securities firms in the metal-storage business is riling users and traders, who say the firms have both a bird's-eye view of supply and demand and the ability to control what goes in and out of their warehouses.
Commodities Beckon Banks Carolyn Cui 2011
hernesheir commented on the word bird's-eye
A woven fabric, or fabric design, with a pattern of small diamonds, each with a dot in the center.
June 15, 2010