eyebrow
/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/
eyebrow noun: the hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
Noun
eyebrow (plural eyebrows)
- The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
- Synonyms:
- brow, supercilium, vallum
- 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)
- To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
- 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.2015, Kathy Reichs, Bones Never Lie, page 23
Proper noun capitalized: Eyebrow
Eyebrow
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
eyebrow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
eyebrow in Hindi
- hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
- भौंह bha͠uh
eyebrow in Tamil
- hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
- புருவம் puruvam
eyebrow in Marathi
- hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
- भुवई bhuvaī
eyebrow in Urdu
- hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket
- ابرو abru
More languagesFewer languages
- eyebrow in Bengali
- ভুরু bhuru
- eyebrow in Telugu
- కనుబొమ kanuboma
- eyebrow in Malayalam
- പുരികം purikaṁ
- eyebrow in Kannada
- ಹುಬ್ಬು hubbu
- eyebrow in Punjabi
- ਭਰਵੱਟਾ bharvaṭṭā, بَھرْوَٹّا bharvaṭṭā
- eyebrow in Gujarati
- ભવું bhavũ
- eyebrow in Odia
- ଭ୍ରୂକୁଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍ଣ୍
- eyebrow in Sanskrit
- भ्रू bhrū́, कोदण्ड kodaṇḍa
- eyebrow in Sinhala
- බැම bæma
- eyebrow in Assamese
- চেলাউৰি selauri
- eyebrow in Nepali
- आँखीभौं ā̃khībha͠u
- eyebrow in Pashto
- وروځه wrúźa
- eyebrow in Tagalog
- kilay
- eyebrow in Arabic
- حَاجِب ḥājib
- eyebrow in Malay
- kening, bulu kening, alis, kirai
- eyebrow in Indonesian
- alis
- eyebrow in Persian
- ابرو abru, برو baru, boru
- eyebrow in Thai
- ภมุ pá-mú, คิ้ว kíu
- eyebrow in Vietnamese
- lông mày
- eyebrow in Myanmar
- မျက်ခုံး myakhkum:
- Dhivehi
- ބުމަ buma
Examples of eyebrow in a sentence
- She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
- “Flambé the dessert”, ordered the Chef, “but take the dish off the heat before adding the brandy or you'll burn your eyebrows off.”
- So you're, like, the kaishao boy." His judgy eyebrow is on full blast.
Synonyms of eyebrow
Forms of eyebrow
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | eyebrows |
| alternative form | eye brow |
| alternative form | eye-brow |
| alternative form | eyebrown |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | eyebrows |
| present participle | eyebrowing |
| past participle | eyebrowed |
| past | eyebrowed |
Origin of eyebrow
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”).
Words formed from eyebrow
Phrases with eyebrow
Questions about eyebrow
- What does eyebrow mean?
- Eyebrow means the hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
- What is eyebrow in Hindi?
- Eyebrow in Hindi is भौंह (bha͠uh). See Eyebrow meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eyebrow?
- Eyebrow can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce eyebrow?
- Eyebrow is pronounced /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/.
- What is the plural of eyebrow?
- The plural of eyebrow is eyebrows.
Words near eyebrow in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eyebrow (page history and authors); Eyebrow (page history and authors); പുരികം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಹುಬ್ಬು (Kannada) (page history and authors); ભવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); eyebrow (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कोदण्ड (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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