eyebrow
//ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ//
Forms
- Plural
- eyebrows
- present (v1)
- eyebrow
- past (v2)
- eyebrowed
- past participle (v3)
- eyebrowed
- present participle
- eyebrowing
- 3rd person singular
- eyebrows
Definitions
1.The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
2.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.
3.A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.
1.To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
2.To signal with one's eyebrows.
- Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5029
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
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”).