brow

UK /bɹaʊ/ US /bɹaʊ/
noun 5verb 1name 1

Definitions

noun

1

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

2

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.

3

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.

4

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?"

5

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

the brow of a precipice

verb

1

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

1

A surname.

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