knit your eyebrows

knit your eyebrows
knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase
to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something
Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym
Main entry: knit

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • knit your brows — knit your brows/eyebrows/ phrase to move your eyebrows close together in an expression that shows you are feeling worried or serious, or are thinking carefully about something Thesaurus: to make a particular facial expressionhyponym Main entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • knit your brow/brows — to move your eyebrows together in a way that shows that you are thinking about something or are worried, angry, etc. She knit her brow and asked what I was doing. • • • Main Entry: ↑knit …   Useful english dictionary

  • knit your brows — knit (your) brows literary to move your eyebrows (= the hair above your eyes) closer together when you are worried or thinking carefully. Sasha knitted her brows as she listened to the storm forecast …   New idioms dictionary

  • knit your brow(s) — knit your ˈbrow(s) idiom to move your ↑eyebrows together, to show that you are thinking hard, feeling angry, etc. Syn: ↑frown • His brows were knitted in a permanent frown. Main entry: ↑knit …   Useful english dictionary

  • knit — [[t]nɪ̱t[/t]] knits, knitting, knitted (The past tense can be either knit or knitted for meaning 4.) 1) VERB If you knit something, especially an article of clothing, you make it from wool or a similar thread by using two knitting needles or a… …   English dictionary

  • knit — [ nıt ] (past tense and past participle knit or knit|ted) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make something such as a piece of clothing using wool and sticks called knitting needles: She reads and knits to pass the time. knit someone… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • knit — [nıt] v present participle knitting [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: cnyttan] 1.) past tense and past participle knitted to make clothing out of wool, using two ↑knitting needles →↑crochet ▪ My grandmother taught me how to knit. ▪ She s knitting …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • knit brows — knit (your) brows literary to move your eyebrows (= the hair above your eyes) closer together when you are worried or thinking carefully. Sasha knitted her brows as she listened to the storm forecast …   New idioms dictionary

  • knit */*/ — UK [nɪt] / US verb Word forms knit : present tense I/you/we/they knit he/she/it knits present participle knitting past tense knit or knitted past participle knit or knitted 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to make something such as a piece of… …   English dictionary

  • knit — verb past tense and past participle knitted or knitting (I, T) 1 also knit up to make clothing out of wool using two knitting needles: knit sb sth: She s knitting me a sweater. compare crochet 2 technical to use a plain (=basic) knitting stitch:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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