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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(medicine) Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid..
My lord, I found the prince in the next room, / Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks, / With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow / That tyranny, which never quaff'd but blood, / Would, by beholding him, have wash'd his knife / With gentle eye-drops. He is coming hither.
Use eye drop when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eye drop means (medicine) Medicine to be administered to the eyes in the form of a drop of liquid..
Common synonyms include teardrop.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
My lord, I found the prince in the next room, / Washing with kindly tears his gentle cheeks, / With such a deep demeanour in great sorrow / That tyranny, which never quaff'd but blood, / Would, by beholding him, have wash'd his knife / With gentle eye-drops. He is coming hither.
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