Verb She had to squint to read the small print. He squinted through the haze of smoke. I had to squint my eyes to focus on the tiny letters. I noticed that he squints. Noun Her gaze narrowed …

SQUINTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of squint 2. to partly close your eyes in order to see more…. Learn more.

SQUINT definition: 1. to partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly: 2. If a person or an eye squints, the…. Learn more.

You'll squint when a light is suddenly turned on in a dark room, and you might also squint when you're trying to read tiny type on a food label or medicine bottle. The expression on your face, and the action of doing this, are both called a squint as well. Squint comes from the now rare adverb asquint, or "from the corner of the eyes." "Squint."

Squinting is the action of looking at something with partially closed eyes. [1] Squinting is most often practiced by people who suffer from refractive errors of the eye who either do not have or are not using their glasses.

[intransitive, transitive] to look at something with your eyes partly shut in order to keep out bright light or to see better. She was squinting through the keyhole. He squinted at the letter in his hand. The driver had to squint against the sun to see where he was going.

To close (the eyes) partly while looking. n. 1. The act or an instance of squinting. 2. a. A sideways glance. b. A quick look or glance: Take a squint at this view. 3. An oblique reference or inclination. 4. See strabismus. 5. A hagioscope. 1. Looking obliquely or askance. 2. Squint-eyed. [Short for asquint.] squint′er n.

If you squint at something, you look at it with your eyes partly closed. The girl squinted at the photograph. The bright sunlight made me squint. If someone has a squint, their eyes look in different directions from each other. ...a pimple-faced man with a squint. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.

noun: (Medicine) estrabismo; (= sidelong look) mirada de soslayo, mirada de reojo [...] intransitive verb: (Medicine) bizquear, ser bizco [...] If you squint at something, you look at it with your …

The sun was shining straight in her eyes and made her squint. Lili's left eye squinted slightly when she was tired. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: …