eyelid

«eyelid» in Mova's judaism dictionary: the thin fold of skin that closes over your eye when you… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (eyelid, eyelids)

meaning for a pupil

An eyelid is the thin fold of skin that closes over your eye when you blink or sleep. tree →

sense in the lessons

Interpretation: The tradition reads the verses in Proverbs and Psalms as urging diligence and zeal. David's vow not to sleep until he finds a place for God shows his devotion to the Temple. In the primary lessons: In science lessons on the body and senses, eyelids protect the eyes from dust and light and blinking spreads tears to keep eyes wet. In stories, «heavy eyelids» show a sleepy character. Phrases: «upper eyelid», «lower eyelid», «without batting an eyelid» (= showing no surprise).

examples

• Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. (Writings PRO.6.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; (Writings PSA.132.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. (Writings PRO.4.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• Your eyelids close when you blink. tree →
• Eyelashes grow along the edge of the eyelid. tree →
• His eyelids felt heavy and he fell asleep. tree →
• Eyelids protect your eyes from dust. tree →
• She didn't bat an eyelid when the balloon popped. tree →
• Snakes have no eyelids. tree →
• My eyelid itches when I have hay fever. tree →
• I felt the weight of sleep upon my eyelids. tree →

note

Compound word: eye + lid, one word. Countable: each eye has an upper and a lower eyelid. Fun fact: fish and snakes have no movable eyelids. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids;
• Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
• Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
• There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
• My face is reddened with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «eyelid» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.