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# eyebrow

«eyebrow» in Mova's school dictionary: **the two lines of short hair above your eyes** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (eyebrow, eyebrows)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your eyebrows are the two lines of short hair above your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#m1)

2) «Raise an eyebrow» means to show surprise or doubt, by moving your eyebrows up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science (the body), eyebrows help keep sweat and rain from running into your eyes. In stories and drama, eyebrows show feelings: raised eyebrows (surprise), frowning (crossed or angry), knitted eyebrows (worried or thinking hard). In art lessons, drawing eyebrows changes a face's expression. Phrases: raise an eyebrow, raised eyebrows, bushy eyebrows, frown.

### examples

- Grandpa has thick, bushy eyebrows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#x1)
- She raised her eyebrows in surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#x2)
- Eyebrows stop sweat from running into your eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#x3)
- Draw the eyebrows angled down to make the face look cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#x4)
- His eyebrows knitted together as he thought about the puzzle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#x5)
- The news raised a few eyebrows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/#x6)

### note

Countable: one eyebrow, two eyebrows. Compound word: eye + brow («brow» also means forehead). Eyebrows are different from «eyelashes», the hairs on the edges of your eyelids.

### In the corpora

- [Dogs have a special eyebrow muscle, which wolves mostly lack, that lifts the inner eyebrow to make puppy eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/292-dogs-from-wolves-to-best-friends-living-with-dogs-today/12/)
- [A helmet should sit level and low on your forehead, about two fingers above your eyebrows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/5-bikes-and-scooters/8/)
- [A helmet fits snug and level, just above the eyebrows, with the strap buckled; a loose helmet does not protect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/5/)
- [His teacher smoothed it out — the juice was only on the empty half — and raised one eyebrow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/10/)
- [In sign languages, facial expressions are part of the grammar: raised eyebrows can turn a sentence into a yes/no question.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/32-sign-language/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eyebrow» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyebrow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.