is there any English word to describe this action?

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Anonymous  #508312  Fri, 02 May 08 02:16 AM
What do you call it when you put your eyebrow together?   Like when someone is concentrating on a lecture and unconsciously put eyebrow close to each other.  Is there any english word for it?
  
Mister Micawber  #508317  Fri, 02 May 08 02:53 AM
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Hmm.  Frown in concentration is used for this, but it doesn't mention eyebrows; it is the whole facial expression.
  
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khoff  #508331  Fri, 02 May 08 03:50 AM

How about "he furrowed his brow"?  ("Brow" is singular because it refers to the forehead, not to one of the eyebrows.-- it means "he wrinkled his forehead.")  It's not commmon in conversation; it seems sort of old-fashioned or literary.   But it's the best I can come up with  -- I guess it's something our language is missing.  What do other languages say?

  
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Avangi  #510593  Wed, 07 May 08 12:22 AM

"Knitting one's brow" is another.

Edit.  According to American Heritage, "brow" can be used in the plural in place of "eye brows" as well as in the singular, meaning "forehead."

 

  
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Chibi  #521257  Sat, 31 May 08 11:58 AM

Interesting!

  
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Philip  #528384  Mon, 16 Jun 08 11:56 PM
Avangi's suggestion of 'knit' is what I use.
  
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