"make eyes" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: makes eyes [present, singular, third-person], making eyes [participle, present], made eyes [participle, past], made eyes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> eyes}} make eyes (third-person singular simple present makes eyes, present participle making eyes, simple past and past participle made eyes)
  1. (usually with "at") To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances. Tags: usually Categories (topical): Facial expressions Synonyms: make the eyes Related terms: cow eyes, make mouths at, make faces Translations (to flirt by making obvious glances): 拋媚眼 (Chinese Mandarin), 抛媚眼 (pāomèiyǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), pitää silmäpeliä (Finnish), faire les yeux doux (French), schöne Augen machen (German), Augen machen (english: latter also has another sense, see entry) (German), oglar (Ido), face ochi dulci (Romanian), стро́ить гла́зки (stróitʹ glázki) [imperfective] (Russian), состро́ить гла́зки (sostróitʹ glázki) [perfective] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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        "(usually with \"at\") To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances."
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          "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
          "word": "拋媚眼"
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          "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
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          "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "word": "拋媚眼"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "pāomèiyǎn",
      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "word": "抛媚眼"
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      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
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      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
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      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "word": "schöne Augen machen"
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      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "word": "Augen machen"
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      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "word": "oglar"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "word": "face ochi dulci"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stróitʹ glázki",
      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "стро́ить гла́зки"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostróitʹ glázki",
      "sense": "to flirt by making obvious glances",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "состро́ить гла́зки"
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