Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no lid or lids.
- adjective Archaic Watchful; vigilant. Used of an eye or eyes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no lid; especially, having no eyelids; hence, poetically, incapable of closing the eyes; sleepless; perpetually vigilant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
without alid
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not having or covered with a lid or lids
- adjective always watchful
- adjective having no lid
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Examples
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Hagan might be, when Tim himself appeared around the corner, bearing a lidless lard-can that foamed with steam beer.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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But now, with their translucent skin, white lidless eyes and gaping circular mouths, they were only human in the barest outline.
365 tomorrows » J.R. Blackwell : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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The wrinkled lids flapped shut as the grit struck it, but the sand stuck to the wounded, lidless eyes, and the Executioner turned his face away, spitting grains.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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Matt also has dreams and hallucinations, dreams of being in the mortuary room surrounded by dead bodies being worked on by the mortician, Aickman (John Bluethner), or just standing around him staring through lidless eyes (because Aickman had cut them off).
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His face was featureless, save for gaping orifices and for the lidless eyes that burned under hairless brows.
Koolau the Leper 2010
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Matt also has dreams and hallucinations, dreams of being in the mortuary room surrounded by dead bodies being worked on by the mortician, Aickman (John Bluethner), or just standing around him staring through lidless eyes (because Aickman had cut them off).
21 « April « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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"Three Figures Beneath a Tree" 1907-8 features women with lidless almond-shaped eyes, and faces with strange concave surfaces - depicted in a shallow stage set full of sharp wrinkles and ridges.
Blockbuster Picasso show in Richmond must be seen, but it's not all masterpieces 2011
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As for News of the World, the media has alighted on one of its convenient little narratives, this one about the all-powerful media mogul, his lidless eyes gazing over every corner, closet and cellar of his empire, his obedient minions debasing everything they touch.
News of the World vs. WikiLeaks Bret Stephens 2011
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The lidless eyes had the dull and glacial gaze of an octopus, but the nose with quivering flaps and the enormous mouth furnished with black teeth gave it an expression of melancholy ferocity and disdainful sadness.
Archive 2010-04-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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The wrinkled lids flapped shut as the grit struck it, but the sand stuck to the wounded, lidless eyes, and the Executioner turned his face away, spitting grains.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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