eyelid

«eyelid» in Mova's school 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

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

• 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

• Fish have no eyelids, but many rest by slowing down and floating still; some parrotfish sleep in a bubble of slime.
• Snakes have no eyelids; a clear scale covers each eye.
• Fish rest and sleep, but most have no eyelids, so their eyes stay open.
• Beavers can stay underwater for about 15 minutes, and see-through eyelids work like swimming goggles.
• Picture a crested gecko licking its own eyeball: it has no moving eyelids, so its tongue is its windscreen wiper.

Trees and pragmatics

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