eyebrow

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

Noun

eyebrow (plural eyebrows)

1. The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
2. (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.
3. A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

Translations

• French: sourcil
• German: Braue, Augenbraue
• Italian: sopracciglio
• Portuguese: sobrancelha
• Russian: бровь
• Spanish: ceja

Verb

eyebrow (eyebrows, present participle eyebrowing; past and past participle eyebrowed)

1. (intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
2. (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.

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Eyebrow

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Proper noun

1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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