| lens | |
| 1. n. An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it. | |
| 2. n. A device which focuses or defocuses electron beams. | |
| 3. n. (geometry) A convex shape bounded by two circular arcs, joined at their endpoints, the corresponding concave shape being a lune. | |
| 4. n. (biology) A genus of the legume family; its bean. | |
| 5. n. (anatomy) The transparent crystalline structure in the eye. | |
| 6. n. (earth science) A body of rock, ice, or water shaped like a convex lens. | |
| 7. n. (by extension, figuratively) A way of looking, literally or figuratively, at something. | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) plural of lens | |
| 9. v. To film, shoot. | |
| 10. v. (geology) To become thinner towards the edges. | |
