Eyelid

  • 1Eyelid — Eye lid , n. (Anat.) The cover of the eye; that portion of movable skin with which an animal covers or uncovers the eyeball at pleasure. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2eyelid — mid 13c., from EYE (Cf. eye) (n.) + LID (Cf. lid) …

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  • 3eyelid — ► NOUN ▪ each of the upper and lower folds of skin which cover the eye when closed …

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  • 4eyelid — [ī′lid΄] n. [ME eielid, eien lidd: see EYE & LID] either of the two movable folds of flesh that cover and uncover the front of the eyeball …

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  • 5Eyelid — Palpebrae redirects here. For the levator palpebrae, see levator palpebrae superioris muscle. Eyelid Upper and lower eyelids Latin palpebra inferior, palpebra superior …

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  • 6eyelid — noun ⇨ See also ↑eyelid ADJECTIVE ▪ lower, upper ▪ closed, half closed ▪ drooping, heavy, hooded VERB + EYELID …

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  • 7eyelid — /uy lid /, n. the movable lid of skin that serves to cover and uncover the eyeball. [1200 50; ME; see EYE, LID] * * * ▪ anatomy       movable tissue, consisting primarily of skin and muscle, that shields and protects the eyeball from mechanical… …

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  • 8eyelid — n. 1) drooping eyelids 2) (misc.) without batting an eyelid (esp. BE) ( while remaining calm ) (AE has without batting an eyelash) * * * [ aɪlɪd] drooping eyelids (misc.) without batting an eyelid (AE has without batting an eyelash; while… …

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  • 9eyelid — UK [ˈaɪˌlɪd] / US noun [countable] Word forms eyelid : singular eyelid plural eyelids one of the two pieces of skin that cover your eye when it is closed …

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  • 10eyelid — One of the two movable folds covering the front of the eyeball when closed; formed of a fibrous core (tarsal plate) and the palpebral portions of the orbicularis oculi muscle covered with skin on the …

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