EYEBROW

eyebrow, brow, supercilium

(noun) the arch of hair above each eye

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Eyebrow

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Etymology

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.

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.

Source: Wiktionary


Eye"brow`, n.

Definition: The brow or hairy arch above the eye. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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