eyeline

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noun

The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.

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Meanings

nouneyeline (plural eyelines)

plural eyelines

  1. cosmeticsThe 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. broadcastingThe 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. biologySynonym of eyestripe.

    Synonyms: eyestripe

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of eyestripe.

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eyestripe
Also see
eyestripe

Origin

From eye + line.

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Cite this entry
APA

eyeline. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeline

MLA

“eyeline.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeline. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eyeline,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyeline.

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