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eyelid

eyelid

83 1.0
A moving fold of skin that covers and protects the eye when you blink
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪlɪd/
translation icon : párpado
  • The doctor explained that the eyelid protects the eye from dust and debris.
  • upper eyelid
  • lower eyelid
  • eyelid swelling

Also if you get oily eyelids I'm afraid it's a must.

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Examples

  • Marissa lifted her head, raised heavy eyelids, and looked up at the bearded face of Dr. Wingate.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • I am now lining both my eyelids and then going in with wings.

  • If I could kiss my own eyelid right now I would.

  • Oh well my eyelid feels really weird.

  • Now apply this to the upper eyelid and we'll press very hot.

  • So there is the top part of the eyelid done, the lower lid.

  • You can put a touch over the eyelids as well, which is nice.

  • I'm going to go over my eyelids and all around my eyes.

  • The girl's lower eyelids had gone slightly up as if heat had contracted them.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I'm going to just set my eyelids with some powder.

Synonyms

lid
vseyelid
29 1.0

A fold of skin that moves to cover the eye

is the same concept but uses a more formal or standard term
palpebra
vseyelid
  • Specialized
9.9

A fold of skin that covers and protects the eye

is the same concept but expressed in ordinary everyday language

Idioms

to bat an eyelid
  • UK
1 7.7

Not show any surprise when something unexpected happens

Compounds

third eyelid
  • Specialized
1 8.9

A thin clear layer that slides across the eye to protect it

Surface Forms

eyelid singular
eyelids plural

Morphology

eyelid = eye + lid (transparent) = eye + lid

Literal compound of 'eye' + 'lid'; the meaning is directly predictable from its parts.

Etymology

The word eyelid comes from the parts eye and lid. A lid is a type of cover, like the lid on a jar, so an eyelid is the skin that 'covers' and protects the eye.