B2noun · rare

eyelid

eyelid · eyelids

віко, повіка

веко

Lid, Augenlid

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

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/ˈaɪ.lɪd/

» Camels have three eyelids.

Kamele haben drei Augenlider.

У верблюдов три века.

Meaning

1 senses

A thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye.
Augenlid, Lid
ве́коvéko
пові́каpovíka, ві́коvíko

More definitions

either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

Examples

31 sentences

Camels have three eyelids.
ruУ верблюдов три века.
deKamele haben drei Augenlider.
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Tom's right eyelid twitches.
deTom hat Zuckungen am rechten Augenlid.
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Tom's eyelids were half open.
ruВеки Тома были полуоткрыты.
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Tom didn't bat an eyelid.
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Vladimir's eyelids were swollen from crying.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

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anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye:

Русский

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anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye:

Deutsch

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anatomy: a thin skin membrane that covers and moves over an eye:

Origin

From Middle English eyelidd, eye-led, eiȝelid, eghe-lydd, yȝe-lydd, ehlid, yhelidd, from a

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”).

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