eyelid
pronunciation
How to pronounce eyelid in British English:
UK [ˈaɪlɪd]
How to pronounce eyelid in American English:
US [ˈaɪˌlɪd]
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- Noun:
- either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
Word Origin
- eyelid (n.)
- mid-13c., from eye (n.) + lid (n.).
Example
- 1. You may not know it , but you have a third eyelid .
- 2. Beauty parlors are flagrant violators , illegally administering botox injections and performing eyelid surgery .
- 3. And diamond-shaped eyes , which caused all sorts of eyelid troubles , are no longer demanded .
- 4. Using forceps , the lateral lower eyelid is retracted away from the globe to expose the lateral canthus tendon .
- 5. They noted that central nervous system arousal may be impaired in people with osa , so they don 't wake up as people normally do when breathing slows or stops , or when the eyelid undergoes major stress .