Meaning

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

    Braue, Augenbraue

    бровьbrovʹ

    бро́ваbróva

    the arch of hair above each eye

  2. 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.

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

Examples

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  1. Tom raised his eyebrows in surprise.

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  2. Mary started plucking her eyebrows when she was twelve years old.

    deMaria hat mit zwölf Jahren angefangen, sich die Augenbrauen zu zupfen.

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  3. I hate my eyebrows.

    ruНенавижу свои брови.

    deIch hasse meine Augenbrauen.

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  4. Tom raised his eyebrows.

    ruТом поднял брови.

    deTom hob seine Augenbrauen.

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  5. Tom has bushy eyebrows.

    ruУ Тома кустистые брови.

    deTom hat buschige Augenbrauen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket:
Русский
By meaning 1
hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket:

Origin

From Middle English eȝebreu, alteration of Old English ēaganbrū (“eyebrow”), equivalent to

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”).

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