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[ ahy-lash ] / ˈaɪˌlæʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eyelash ON THESAURUS.COM
nounone of the short, thick, curved hairs growing as a fringe on the edge of an eyelid. the fringe of hairs itself. Origin of eyelashFirst recorded in 1745–55; eye + lash1 Words nearby eyelasheyeglass, eyeglasses, eyeground, eyehole, eyehook, eyelash, eyelash sign, eye lens, eyeless, eyelet, eyeleteer Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eyelashNor was an eyelash batted when he bought body armor and tear gas from BulletProofBodyArmorHQ.com and BP Arms, respectively. Victim’s Parents Sue Merchants of the Aurora Massacre|Cliff Schecter|September 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST People with a single pinkish eye may have a physical irritation—an eyelash, a piece of grit—that causes tearing and inflammation. Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye|Kent Sepkowitz|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Enter 21-year-old Vermont native Natalie Russo, whose line of eyelash jewelry is setting the Etsy world on fire. Introducing the Exciting and Vaguely Scary Art of Eyelash Jewelry|Misty White Sidell|January 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST At least Apple executives can receive millions upon millions in salary and stock without Occupy Wall Street batting an eyelash. Wall Street’s Irrational Negative Reaction to Apple’s Earnings Report|Zachary Karabell|July 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Without the tremor of an eyelash her search was answered by a look as steady and firm as her own. The Brand|Therese Broderick Anything to equal the low cunning of his visage, and of his shadowless eyes without the ghost of an eyelash, I never saw. The Personal History of David Copperfield |Charles Dickens Not an eyelash flickered, not a trace of self-consciousness. The Ninth Vibration And Other Stories|L. Adams Beck Cord did not move an eyelash; this was an absolutely new form of attack. The Beauty and the Bolshevist|Alice Duer Miller There wasn't a flicker of an eyelash to show that Ralph was the least bit nervous. The Border Boys Across the Frontier|Fremont B. Deering
British Dictionary definitions for eyelash
nounany one of the short curved hairs that grow from the edge of the eyelids a row or fringe of these hairs Other words from eyelashRelated adjective: ciliaryCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eyelashwig, hairstyle, grass, fur, haircut, fiber, wool, strand, sideburn, eyebrow, mane, speck, dash, touch, suggestion, little, squat, hint, suspicion, diddly Medical definitions for eyelash
n.Any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid.cilium A row of the hairs fringing the eyelid. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |