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eyelid

[ ahy-lid ]

noun

  1. the movable lid of skin that serves to cover and uncover the eyeball.


eyelid

/ ˈaɪˌlɪd /

noun

  1. either of the two muscular folds of skin that can be moved to cover the exposed portion of the eyeball palpebral
  2. Also calledclamshell aeronautics a set of movable parts at the rear of a jet engine that redirect the exhaust flow to assist braking during landing


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eyelid1

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; eye, lid

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Example Sentences

She asked me how many kids I had, and without batting an eyelid, I told her I didn’t have any.

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So it basically sees it as the whole thing, being one eyelid.

Like in the future, you could imagine that you can dispense eyeshadow on your eyelid automatically just through detecting the face and being able to have an object that could dispense it.

My eyelids drooped, and I willed them open as I navigated up the familiar, twisty road.

A small percentage of patients may develop eyebrow or eyelid drooping, but this usually resolves in a few weeks.

Close enough to see the tiny scar on his eyelid that looks like a birthmark.

The $16 plastic frame appears to push up into the eyelid cover to separate it from the lid.

In response, Chen sought double-eyelid surgery, also known as East Asian blepharoplasty.

We could find Waldo anywhere while tripping—like beneath a fingernail or inside our eyelid.

Her career, however, was sidelined after an auto accident in which, among other injuries, her left eyelid was detached.

Love has come rushing to the beck of a tip-tilted chin, or the tone of a voice, or the droop of an eyelid.

And they can be located even when hidden back of an eyelid as was the case in one instance, that of an infant.

David, terrified, lifted the half-closed eyelid of the youth: his eye was immovable, dull and glassy.

The fever held on; the issue of life and death seemed to hang upon the flutter of an eyelid.

The lips are pale, the red of the eyelids, seen by turning down the lower eyelid, will exhibit a similar appearance.

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