EYELASH


Meaning of EYELASH in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

false teeth/hair/eyelashes etc

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

false

Everybody tried to take something - a scrap of clothing, a lock of hair, a false eyelash , a brooch.

Anti-fog goggles are recommended for embarrassing facial hair or false eyelashes .

The model came in with the cups of tea, still glowering darkly at Paula from beneath her fringe of false eyelashes .

Bleached hair, false eyelashes and fake nails are old-hat, according to the latest health and beauty survey.

Apply false eyelashes and really catch some one's eye!

Her hair, slightly shorter than his, earrings, make-up and false eyelashes are all perfectly in place.

long

She looked down at him, at the dark, even features, the long eyelashes and the luxuriant black hair.

I first saw him when he was about eight, a child with a beautiful face and long , black eyelashes .

His face was delicate, almost girlish, with long eyelashes and large brown eyes.

He had beautiful eyes and the longest eyelashes of any boy in class.

Like brilliant sapphires, they shone vividly under long , dark eyelashes and gently curving eyebrows.

At the same time it was like a little schoolgirl learning to draw pretty people, with cupid mouths and long eyelashes .

Tears shook on the ends of his long straight eyelashes .

I saw the long shadows my eyelashes cast on my cheek.

■ VERB

flutter

I began to flutter my eyelashes in a rather exaggerated way.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

bat your eyes/eyelashes

flutter your eyelashes (at sb)

I began to flutter my eyelashes in a rather exaggerated way.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Brittany, the blond cheerleader, has a vacant stare and huge eyelashes.

His hair was shiny, his arms tanned, his eyelashes thick and long.

If Claire had flicked an eyelash at him, Harvey would never have come near them again.

She looked down at him, at the dark, even features, the long eyelashes and the luxuriant black hair.

She was missing clumps of hair, eyelashes, eyebrows.

The child was sound asleep now, his tiny eyelashes resting on rounded cheeks.

The eyebrows and eyelashes were drawn in an then very pale washes were put on, the paint smooth and even.

The moon was bright and it lit his blue eyes and his eyelashes shadowed his cheeks.

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