"knit one's brows" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: knits one's brows [present, singular, third-person], knitting one's brows [participle, present], knit one's brows [participle, past], knit one's brows [past], knitted one's brows [participle, past], knitted one's brows [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|knit<,,knit:knitted> one's brows}} knit one's brows (third-person singular simple present knits one's brows, present participle knitting one's brows, simple past and past participle knit one's brows or knitted one's brows)
  1. (idiomatic) To scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: knit one's eyebrows Related terms: raise eyebrows Translations (to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement): عَبَسَ (ʕabasa) (Arabic), мръщя се (mrǎštja se) (Bulgarian), 皺眉頭 (Chinese Cantonese), 皱眉头 (zau³ mei⁴ tau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 皺眉 (Chinese Mandarin), 皱眉 (zhòuméi) (Chinese Mandarin), 皺眉頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 皱眉头 (zhòuméitóu) (Chinese Mandarin), kuntiri la brovojn (Esperanto), kurtistaa kulmiaan (Finnish), froncer les sourcils (French), die Stirn runzeln (German), 顰める (alt: しかめる, shikameru, ひそめる, hisomeru) (Japanese), 顔をしかめる (kao o shikameru) (alt: かおをしかめる) (Japanese), frons astringo (Latin), хму́рить бро́ви (xmúritʹ bróvi) [imperfective] (Russian), нахму́рить бро́ви (naxmúritʹ bróvi) [perfective] (Russian), мо́рщить лоб (mórščitʹ lob) [imperfective] (Russian), намо́рщить лоб (namórščitʹ lob) [perfective] (Russian), хму́риться (xmúritʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), нахму́риться (naxmúritʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), мо́рщиться (mórščitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), намо́рщиться (namórščitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), fruncir las cejas (Spanish), arquear las cejas (Spanish), enarcar las cejas (Spanish), crychu'r aeliau (Welsh)

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      "sense": "to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement",
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      "word": "kuntiri la brovojn"
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      "sense": "to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement",
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      "sense": "to scowl, indicating anger, worry, or puzzlement",
      "word": "arquear las cejas"
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      "word": "enarcar las cejas"
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