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- Dictionarybrow/braʊ/
noun
- 1. a person's forehead: "he wiped his brow" Similar
- 2. the summit of a hill or pass: "the cottages were built on the brow of a hill" Similar Opposite
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BROW definition: 1. the forehead (= part of the face above the eyes): 2. an eyebrow (= the line of short hairs…. Learn more.
1. a. : eyebrow. b. : forehead. 2. : the projecting upper part or margin of a steep place. 3. : expression, mien. brow. 2 of 2. noun (2) : gangplank. Examples of brow in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun.
noun. the part of the face from the eyes to the hairline; forehead. short for eyebrow. the expression of the face; countenance. a troubled brow. the top of a mine shaft; pithead. the jutting top of a hill, etc. dialect. a steep slope on a road.
1. countable noun [usually poss NOUN] Your brow is your forehead. He wiped his brow with the back of his hand. She wrinkled her brow inquisitively. Synonyms: forehead, temple More Synonyms of brow. 2. to knit your brow. 3. countable noun [usually plural] Your brows are your eyebrows. He had thick brown hair and shaggy brows. 4. countable noun.
noun. the arch of hair above each eye. synonyms: eyebrow, supercilium. see more. noun. the peak of a hill. “the sun set behind the brow of distant hills”. synonyms: hilltop. see more.
Definition of brow noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Anatomy) the part of the face from the eyes to the hairline; forehead. 2. (Anatomy) short for eyebrow. 3. the expression of the face; countenance: a troubled brow. 4. (Mining & Quarrying) the top of a mine shaft; pithead. 5. (Physical Geography) the jutting top of a hill, etc. 6. dialect Northern English a steep slope on a road.
BROW definition: 1. the front part of your head between your eyes and your hair: 2. the top part of a hill or slope. Learn more.
brow meaning, definition, what is brow: the part of your face above your eyes an...: Learn more.
Origin of Brow. Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreu 'brow', *h₃bʰrúHs (cf. Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne ‘eyebrows’, Lithuanian bruvìs, Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrus), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)). From Wiktionary.
