eyelid
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
his lids would stay open no longer
Types & categories
- protective fold hypernym
Parts & wholes
- eye part holonym
- lash part meronym
- conjunctiva part meronym
Related & opposite
- palpebrate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpebrate |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eye |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lash |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | conjunctiva |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective fold |