English Explanatory Dictionary

eyebrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
verb
  1. To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
  2. To signal with one's eyebrows.
name
  1. A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Pronunciation

/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ en-us-eyebrow.ogg

Word forms

eyebrow eyebrows eye brow eye-brow eyebrown eyebrowing eyebrowed

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”).

Synonyms

brow supercilium vallum

Related words

eyelash eyelid

Derived words

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
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