: the ridge over the eye or the hair growing usually in a line or arch on the skin over it
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Meanwhile, Dreaming Eli was more pared back with three, eyebrow-scraping top lashes, choosing length over volume.
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Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
His choice to follow up the kaleidoscopic Rez Dogs, which launched the careers of its young, Indigenous cast, with a star vehicle in a trendy genre might raise eyebrows.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
People also tend to compensate naturally by raising their eyebrows.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Her eyebrows move but her eyes do not.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 23 Sep. 2025
His choice to follow up the kaleidoscopic Rez Dogs, which launched the careers of its young, Indigenous cast, with a star vehicle in a trendy genre might raise eyebrows.
—Judy Berman, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
People also tend to compensate naturally by raising their eyebrows.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Her eyebrows move but her eyes do not.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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“Eyebrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyebrow. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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eyebrow
noun
eye·brow
ˈī-ˌbrau̇ 
: the ridge over the eye or hair growing usually in a line or arch on the skin over it
Medical Definition
eyebrow
noun
eye·brow
ˈī-ˌbrau̇
: the ridge over the eye or hair growing on it
called also brow
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