eyelid

CEFRB1

/ˈaɪ.lɪd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The movable skin that covers and protects an eye.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.

Examples

  • Tim's mother did not bat an eyelid when he came out as gay.

  • An eyelid opens wide.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
1

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In context

  • My eyelid feels hot.

  • […] the frightened or insane eyes of an animal, sometimes with eyelids closed in escapeful slumber.

  • By his neeſings a light doth ſhine, and his eyes are like the eye-liddes of the morning.

Synonyms

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His drooping blank half-covered his eye during the boring lecture.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from an unrecorded Old English *ēaghlid (“eyelid”), from Proto-West Germanic *augahlid (“eyelid”), equivalent to eye + lid. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Oogenlid (“eyelid”), West Frisian eachlid (“eyelid”), Dutch ooglid (“eyelid”), German Low German Ooglidd (“eyelid”), German Augenlid (“eyelid”). Generally superseded non-native Middle English palpebre (“eyelid”), borrowed from Latin palpebra (“eyelid”) (see Modern English palpebra).