: either of the movable folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball
Examples of eyelid in a Sentence
the upper eyelid of the left eye
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Stacey Colino, Time, 9 July 2025
Nictitating membranes act as a type of third eyelid going horizontally across the eye and found in some animals like birds, reptiles and some mammals.
—Irene Wright
july 8, Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
This is a song for laying on the beach with your eyes closed, looking at the colors forming on the back of your eyelids.
—Vogue, 23 June 2025
Madeline Brewer Madeline Brewer dusted her eyelids amber-colored shadow, smudging the color in below her waterline to create a smoky effect.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 June 2025
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“Eyelid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyelid. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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eyelid
noun
eye·lid
ˈī-ˌlid 
: one of the movable lids of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball
Medical Definition
eyelid
noun
eye·lid
ˈī-ˌlid
: either of the movable lids of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball
called also palpebra
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