eyebrow

Meaning

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. (intransitive) To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.
2. (transitive) To signal with one's eyebrows.

Synonyms

brow

eyebrows

eyebrow hair

eyelash

supercilium

brows

blackrag

bluefin driftfish

war-bow

eyebrow dormer

bow

🙇

capotasto

crossbow

eyelashes

ridge

cross-bow

supercillium

Translations

sourcil

ceja

Augenbraue

sopracciglio

φρύδι

wenkbrauw

sobrancelha

cella

Braue

kaş

sobrolho

supercilium

supercílio

Augenbrauen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: eȝebreu

Inherited from Old English: ēaganbrū

In summary

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”).