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# eyelash

«eyelash» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the short, curved hairs that grow along the edges…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an eyelash, eyelashes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An eyelash is one of the short, curved hairs that grow along the edges of your eyelids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#m1)

2) Eyelashes help keep dust, sweat and small insects out of your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the body and senses, eyelashes, eyelids and tears protect the eyes. In everyday life, people make a wish when they find a fallen eyelash and blow it away; «without batting an eyelash» (US; UK «eyelid») means without showing surprise or fear. Phrases: «long eyelashes», «flutter your eyelashes», «false eyelashes», «make a wish on an eyelash».

### examples

- An eyelash fell onto my cheek. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x1)
- Camels have very long eyelashes to keep out the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x2)
- Eyelashes protect your eyes from dust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x3)
- She blew the eyelash off her finger and made a wish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x4)
- The doll has long black eyelashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x5)
- He told the lie without batting an eyelash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x6)
- She smiled as he bent over her, and he saw tears trembling out of her beautiful eyelashes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/#x7)

### note

One word: «eyelash»; also called «lash». Plural «eyelashes» (add -es after -sh). Making a wish on an eyelash is a fun custom, not magic.

### In the corpora

- [Tiny harmless mites live in the roots of the eyelashes of most adults.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/355-hair-growing-curly-and-straight-eyebrows-eyelashes-and-going-grey/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eyelash» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyelash/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.