eyebrow

== English == === Alternative forms === eye brow, eye-brow eyebrown (eggcorn) === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (hair): brow, supercilium, vallum ==== Hyponyms ==== (hair): monobrow, unibrow ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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. === See also === eyelash eyelid === References === eyebrow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Eyebrows on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons