frown line
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3.9
- noun
- /fraʊn laɪn/
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línea de expresión
- All that brooding gives me migraines and frown lines.
- frown line between his brows
- frown lines in my forehead
- frown lines on my face
It targets specific muscles to improve the appearance of moderate to severe Lyme, forehead lines, frown lines, and crow's feet.
- It targets specific muscles to improve the appearance of moderate to severe Lyme, forehead lines, frown lines, and crow's feet.
- Frown line, frown line, amenity, a wrinkle in the wind.
Examples
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After years of stress, she noticed deep frown lines forming on her forehead.
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Frown lines appeared between her eyes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Look at those frown lines.
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Ten years from now, she is going to have some excellent frown lines.
Fiction book (2002) -
Little frown lines played around her eyes.
Fiction book (1997) -
And people wonder why they're getting frown lines so early!
Blog text (15) -
Tell pumpkin if she worries too much, she'll get frown lines.
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His adorable little frown lines, his seaweed-colored eyes, the way he smells after a shower.
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While the workmen put it up, Mother stood inside the door, frown lines furrowing her forehead until it was fully in place, swaying gracefully over the dining room table.
Fiction book (2000) -
Mallory didn't blink at her name, but she marked the appearance of a tiny frown line in the suntanned skin between those unruly dark eyebrows.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
105
3.5
A small fold that appears on skin or on other surfaces
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a wrinkle formed by frowning' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'frown' (the facial expression) with 'line' (a crease or fold), so a learner who knows both words can infer the compound’s meaning. This is a literal, compositional structure common across languages and follows standard noun-noun compounding, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Frown line comes from a simple picture: if you make a strong frown often, the skin between your eyebrows folds into a small line, a 'wrinkle' on the forehead. That's why 'frown line' means the line or wrinkle that forms from frequent frowning.