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Meanings of
eyebrow
in English
Russian
надбровные дуги
Portuguese
sobrolho
Spanish
ceja
Catalan
cella
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Facial feature.
Related terms
human facial hair
Russian
надбровные дуги
Portuguese
sobrolho
Catalan
cella
Spanish
ceja
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The hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket.
brow
supercilium
Portuguese
sobrolho
Synonyms
Examples for "
brow
"
brow
supercilium
Examples for "
brow
"
1
She made him laugh; and the furrows in the young
brow
disappeared.
2
The merchant Hopper came in; care and thought sat on his
brow
.
3
He would answer questions for hours with his
brow
furrowed with effort.
4
They won't be coming back up.' Ebbin held his
brow
,
looking faint.
5
The sweat was standing in drops on the
brow
of the card-sharp.
Usage of
eyebrow
in English
1
Not in this day and age.' She arched an
eyebrow
at Ivanov.
2
The traveller at once raised his left hand to his left
eyebrow
.
3
But government ethics watchdogs raised an
eyebrow
at RedXDefense's deal with Darpa.
4
Big Reg arched an
eyebrow
as if to say, Right, sure, friends.
5
She lifted an
eyebrow
brazenly, challenging him to question her presence there.
6
Shall I? An
eyebrow
quirks up, small expression somehow made of cruelty.
7
Hanna noticed Wilden had a little clear Band-Aid right above his
eyebrow
.
8
Mungwai raised an
eyebrow
,
and Victor sensed he had gone too far.
9
In the year of our Lord 1882, he added, raising one
eyebrow
.
10
She read my recommendation letter with one
eyebrow
raised the whole time.
11
I was just raising my
eyebrow
when a new thought struck me.
12
Although she'd taken out her
eyebrow
ring, her many earrings fluttered festively.
13
From behind his wall of water, Hern arched an
eyebrow
at her.
14
The restoration shows the low, retreating forehead and the prominent
eyebrow
ridges.
15
She looked at him,
eyebrow
raised: Why mention the supplementary materials twice?
16
Gillian took a long sip of wine before arching one superior
eyebrow
.
Other examples for "eyebrow"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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eyebrow
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
raise an eyebrow
left eyebrow
right eyebrow
dark eyebrow
single eyebrow
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Translations for
eyebrow
Russian
надбровные дуги
бровь
брови
надбровная дуга
Portuguese
sobrolho
arco superciliar
sobrancelhas
sobrolhos
sobrancelha
supercílio
supercílios
Spanish
ceja
cejas
Catalan
cella
Eyebrow
through the time
Eyebrow
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Less common
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