brow

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/bɹaʊ/

noun 5verb 1name 1

Collocations

(noun.) eyebrow

ADJ

dark, heavy | bushy, shaggy | winged | delicate

sardonic

His sardonic brow furrowed as he listened to the obviously false excuse.

VERB + BROW

arch, raise

He raised his brow in surprise when his friend told him the unexpected news.

draw together, knit

When she didn't understand the question, her brows drew together in confusion.

BROW + VERB

lift, rise | twitch

draw together, snap together

When she concentrated on the difficult math problem, her brows drew together in focus.

(noun.) forehead

ADJ

broad, wide

furrowed

She knitted her furrowed brow in concentration as she tried to solve the difficult math problem.

stern | weary | damp, perspiring, sweating | fevered

VERB + BROW

mop, wipe

furrow, pucker, wrinkle

His brow furrowed as he tried to understand the confusing instructions.

BROW + VERB

crease, furrow, pucker, wrinkle

Her brow creased as she tried to remember where she had left her keys.

clear

When he finally understood the joke, his brow cleared and he started laughing.

darken

When she heard the bad news, her brow darkened with worry.

PREP

across your ~

Sweat dripped across her brow as she climbed the steep mountain trail.

from your ~

He wiped the sweat from his brow after finishing the difficult workout.

over your ~

She pushed her hair back over her brow to get a better view of the screen.

Definitions

noun

The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.

The eyebrow.

’Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship.

And his arch’d brow, pulled o’er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.

The forehead.

Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war, And thus hath so bestirr’d thee in thy sleep, That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow Like bubbles in a late-disturb’d stream,[…]

Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.

Aspect; appearance; facial expression.

Take it away; I'm frightened! / But she, with placid brow, / Cries: "This is our Kitty-witty! / Why don't you love her now?"

The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.

the brow of a precipice

verb

To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.

name

A surname.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the arch of hair above each eye

noun — the part of the face above the eyes

forehead

noun — the peak of a hill

hilltop

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

sweat of one's brow

The effort extended in (often manual) labour, and the value created thereby.

So anyhow Terry brought the three pints Joe was standing and begob the sight nearly left my eyes when I saw him land out a quid. O, as true as I'm telling you. A goodlooking sovere

Example Bank

’Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship.

Wiktionary

And his arch’d brow, pulled o’er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.

Wiktionary

Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war, And thus hath so bestirr’d thee in thy sleep, That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow Like bubbles in a late-disturb’d stream,[…]

Wiktionary

Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.

Wiktionary

I felt the sweat trickle down my brow.

Tatoeba · #21027

Wipe the sweat from your brow.

Tatoeba · #21248

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, brow is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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