EYEBROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eyebrow mean? 

• EYEBROW (noun)
  The noun EYEBROW has 1 sense:

1. the arch of hair above each eye

  Familiarity information: EYEBROW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYEBROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The arch of hair above each eye

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

brow; eyebrow; supercilium

Hypernyms ("eyebrow" is a kind of...):

hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)

Meronyms (parts of "eyebrow"):

venae palpebrales (veins of the eyelids)

Holonyms ("eyebrow" is a part of...):

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

 Context examples 

Lord St. Simon shrugged his shoulders and raised his eyebrows.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The part of the face between the eyebrows and the normal hairline.

(Forehead, NCI Thesaurus)

His eyebrows were very massive, almost meeting over the nose, and with bushy hair that seemed to curl in its own profusion.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A fierce bull-dog face was framed in a tangle of hair and beard, and two bold, dark eyes gleamed behind the cover of thick, tufted, overhung eyebrows.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“The expression of the eye is most correct, but Miss Smith has not those eyebrows and eyelashes. It is the fault of her face that she has them not.”

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The shaggy eyebrows unbent a little as he rolled the steps toward the shelf where the Johnsonian literature was placed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It has a long head with abundant whiskers, beard and eyebrows.

(Kerry Blue Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

Mr. Micawber sat in his elbow-chair, with his eyebrows raised; half receiving and half repudiating Mrs. Micawber's views as they were stated, but very sensible of their foresight.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

By increasing the numbers of hair follicles in and duration of anagen phase, bimatoprost may help increase eyebrow and eyelash growth and appearance, including their length, thickness and darkness.

(Bimatoprost Ophthalmic Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Facial and Oral Movements, Muscles of facial expression, e.g., movements of forehead, eyebrows, periorbital area, cheeks.

(AIMS - Muscles of Facial Expression, NCI Thesaurus)