eyebrow

Pluraleyebrows

Formseyebrows, eyebrowing, eyebrowed

1. 1
   nouncountable

   The line of hair that grows just above each eye.

   Like a small fence of hair that helps keep sweat out of your eyes.

   She raised one eyebrow when she heard the news.

   He plucked his eyebrows before the photo.

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2. 2
   verbtransitive

   To send someone a silent message by moving your eyebrows.

   Like winking, but using your eyebrows to say something.

   Don't eyebrow me like that during the meeting.

   She eyebrowed him a silent warning to stop talking.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A small window that rises from a roof under a low, wavy curve.

   Like a sleepy, half-open eye peeking out of the roof.

   The roofer added a small eyebrow to let light into the attic.

   Two curved eyebrows broke up the long slope of the roof.

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A lump of waste fiber that collects on a roller inside a textile machine.

   Like fluff that builds up in a clothes dryer.

   The operator stopped the machine to clear an eyebrow from the roller.

   Stray fibers formed eyebrows along the spinning rollers overnight.

5. 5
   verbintransitive

   Of waste fiber, to slowly build up into a clump on a roller.

   Like fluff slowly building up in a dryer until it forms a lump.

   The rollers eyebrow whenever the fiber runs too short.

   Cotton tends to eyebrow on the cards in dry weather.

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