eyebrow

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   the arch of hair above each eye

3. 3
   noun

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

4. 4
   noun

   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.

5. 5
   noun

   A clump of waste fibres that builds up in a roller machine.

6. 6
   verb

   To build up waste fibres in a roller machine.

7. 7
   name

   A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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”).