eyebrow
See also: Eyebrow
English
Etymology
From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to eye + brow. The corresponding Old English ēagbrǣw meant "eyelid". Compare Dutch oogbrauw (“eyelid; eyelash; eyebrow”), German Augenbraue (“eyebrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/
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Noun
eyebrow (plural eyebrows)
- The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
- (construction) A dormer, usually of small size, whose roof line over the upright face is typically an arched curve, turning into a reverse curve to meet the horizontal line at either end.
- A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
Derived terms
Translations
hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
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Verb
eyebrow (third-person singular simple present eyebrows, present participle eyebrowing, simple past and past participle eyebrowed)
- (intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
- (transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.
- 2015, Kathy Reichs, Bones Never Lie (page 23)
- Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.
- 2015, Kathy Reichs, Bones Never Lie (page 23)
See also
References
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