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eyeline

eyeline noun: the horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.

Noun

eyeline (plural eyelines)

  1. The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
  2. Line of sight.
    • Jake: Really? Well, I still chose you.
      Paula: Why? Because I happened to be in your eye line?2015, Leslye Headland, Sleeping with Other People
  3. The direction in which an actor or presenter is looking.
    • They realise that trajectories, space expansion and crushing are different with different lenses, whether wide angle or telephoto, and that actors' eyelines will be altered.2010, Birgit Bräuchler, John Postill, Theorising Media and Practice, page 319
  4. Synonym of eyestripe.
    Synonyms:
    eyestripe

Synonyms of eyeline

Forms of eyeline

pluraleyelines

Origin of eyeline

From eye + line.

Questions about eyeline

What does eyeline mean?
Eyeline means the horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
What part of speech is eyeline?
Eyeline is a noun.
What is the plural of eyeline?
The plural of eyeline is eyelines.

Words near eyeline in the dictionary

  1. eyelidless
  2. eyelids
  3. eyelift
  4. eyelifts
  5. eyelike
  6. eyeline
  7. eyelined
  8. eyeliner
  9. eyelinered
  10. eyeliners
  11. eyelines

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