eyebrow

/ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/

noun 3verb 2name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

VERB + EYEBROW

arch, cock, lift, quirk, raise

When I told him the price, he arched an eyebrow in disbelief.

pluck

Many women pluck their eyebrows to keep them neat and shaped.

EYEBROW + VERB

lift, rise

Her eyebrows rose as she read the unexpected news in the letter.

EYEBROW + NOUN

pencil

Definitions

noun

The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.

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

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.

name

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Synonyms

noun — the arch of hair above each eye

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Rodas watched Tinker disappear through the door before eyebrowing a question at Barrow. Barrow gestured at him to stay put. Rodas settled back.

Wiktionary

If you raise an eyebrow, it can mean "I want to have sex with you", but also "I find that what you just said is completely idiotic."

Tatoeba · #1845

He did not even raise an eyebrow at the news of his wife's death.

Tatoeba · #244124

He showed his disapproval by raising an eyebrow.

Tatoeba · #292942

He raised an eyebrow quizzically.

Tatoeba · #2783114

Tom has a pierced eyebrow.

Tatoeba · #5085303

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