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How to pronounce eyelid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lid, palpebra
Type of protective fold

Examples of eyelid

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In the US, TV execs do not bat an eyelid when they pay $3m for an hour of drama.
From the guardian.co.uk
Use just a little dark liner on top of your eyelid and a shadow liner on bottom.
From the desmoinesregister.com
As in upper eyelid surgery, the incision is well camouflaged by natural creases.
From the fresnobee.com
Bryn Collins paid nearly $10,000 for a facelift and eyelid surgery 10 years ago.
From the suntimes.com
I had a 19-year-old in about a month ago with basal cell carcinoma on her eyelid.
From the suntimes.com
Her initial symptoms included double vision, a drooping eyelid and a slow gait.
From the post-gazette.com
If all this happened in a Southern USA State no one would have batthed an eyelid.
From the dailymercury.com.au
After Davis got his eyelid flipped back down, he was OK and reentered the game.
From the dallasnews.com
Another stabbed her repeatedly, puncturing a lung and slitting her left eyelid.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye; "his lids would stay open no longer"
  • An eyelid is a thin fold of skin that covers and protects an eye. With the exception of the prepuce and the labia minora, it has the thinnest skin of the whole body. The levator palpebrae superioris muscle retracts the eyelid to "open" the eye. This can be either voluntarily or involuntarily. ...
  • A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye
  • (eyelids) Structures covering the front of the eye, which protect it, limit the amount of light entering the pupil, and distribute tear film over the exposed corneal surface.
  • (eyelids) moveable folds of skin that protect the surface of the eyeballs
  • (Eyelids) Structure in front of the eyes that act like a windshield wiper to clear debris and excess moisture from the front of the eyeball. ...
  • (Eyelids) have the function of protecting and lubricating the eye, wiping tears across the eye with every blink and, if something gets in the eye, producing excess tears to wash the foreign object away.
  • Either of two movable, protective, folds of flesh that cover and uncover the front of the eyeball.
  • Represents a movable skin that covers the eye. Every human has a superior eyelid and an inferior one and both can be controlled so that the eye can be opened or closed.