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eyebrow

noun
/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

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”).

  1. inherited from ēaganbrū
  2. inherited from eȝebreu

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…

    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.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    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.

    3. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Derived

eyebrowed, eyebrowed thrush, eyebrow flash, eyebrowing, eyebrowless, eyebrowlessness, eyebrowlike, eyebrow pencil, eyebrow-raiser, eyebrow-raising, flea's eyebrows, guybrows, knit one's eyebrows, old man's eyebrow, raise an eyebrow, raise eyebrows, Weatherby eyebrow

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for eyebrow. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA