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# squint

«squint» in Mova's school dictionary: **To look with your eyes partly closed, for example in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (squint, squints, squinted, squinting); noun (a squint, squints)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To look with your eyes partly closed, for example in bright sun or to see something better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#m1)

2) A squint is a condition where the eyes look in different directions; doctors call it strabismus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life people squint in bright sunlight or when they cannot see the board clearly, which can be a sign they need glasses. In health lessons, an eye test can find a squint, which can be treated. Phrases: squint at, squint in the sun.

### examples

- I squinted in the bright sunshine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x1)
- If you squint to see the board, tell your teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x2)
- Grandpa squinted at the small print. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x3)
- The baby has a squint, so she wears a patch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x4)
- She squinted through the keyhole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x5)
- Wear sunglasses so you do not have to squint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x6)
- But the Power that protects all creatures had put a squint into this man’s eye, so that he always threw crooked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: squint, squinted. Safety: never look straight at the sun, even when squinting; it can hurt your eyes. Squinting a lot can mean you need an eye test.

### In the corpora

- [Squinting briefly makes the view sharper and does not damage eyes; needing to squint is a sign to get an eye test.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/3-eyes-and-ears/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «squint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/squint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.