closing eyes
Blocking out light
Closing eyes is the act of lowering the eyelids to cover the eyeballs.
People close their eyes to sleep, to block out light, or to concentrate: She closed her eyes and tried to remember.
To close one's eyes to something is to deliberately ignore it: The administration closed its eyes to the corruption.
Closing someone's eyes—drawing the lids down over the eyes of a corpse—is a traditional gesture of final respect.
- shuttingMoving to closed position
- blinkingEyelid opening and closing
- darknessTotal absence of light
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- restCessation of activity
meditation · mind's eye · dreaming · sweet dreams · lids · lashes · blindness · winking · peaceful · drowsy · counting sheep · tired · squeezing · concentration · prayer · making a wish · flinching · blocking out
- eye movementsgaze, blink, stare, glance, squint
- signs of tirednessyawning, napping, dozing, nodding off, drooping
- Eye Reactionsblinking, squinting, wincing, eye widening, pupil dilation
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, sick feeling, upset stomach
- Nausea Remediesantiemetics, Dramamine, Bonine, meclizine, scopolamine
- reflexesreflex, reflexes, reflex action, reflex response, quick reflexes
closing eyesstaring
Gazing without break
eyes wide open · gazing · watching · looking · peering
closing eyespaying attention
Directing focus toward something
staying alert · keeping watch · staying awake · perking up · taking notice
closing eyesacknowledging
Accepting as true
accepting · coming to terms with · recognizing · staring down · facing facts
close, closing, closed, closer, closest, closeness, enclose, enclosed, enclosure