brow
11brow — noun 1 line of hair above the eye ⇨ See also ↑eyebrow ADJECTIVE ▪ dark, heavy ▪ bushy ▪ delicate VERB + BROW ▪ …
12brow — [[t]bra͟ʊ[/t]] brows 1) N COUNT: usu poss N Your brow is your forehead. to knit your brow → see knit He wiped his brow with the back of his hand... She wrinkled her brow inquisitively. Syn …
13brow — noun 1 (C) the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair; forehead: mop/wipe your brow (=dry your brow with your hand or a piece of cloth when you are hot or nervous) | crease/wrinkle/knit etc your brow (=tighten the skin on your brow …
14brow */ — UK [braʊ] / US noun [countable] Word forms brow : singular brow plural brows 1) literary the part of your face above your eyes furrow/wrinkle/crease your brow (= look worried or as if you are concentrating): She worked in silence, her brow… …
15brow — n. to knit, wrinkle one s brow * * * [braʊ] wrinkle one s brow to knit …
16brow — noun 1) the doctor wiped his brow Syn: forehead, temple; Zoology frons 2) heavy black brows Syn: eyebrow 3) the brow of the hill Syn: summit, peak, top …
17brow — See: BY THE SWEAT OF ONE S BROW …
18brow — See: BY THE SWEAT OF ONE S BROW …
19brow — 1. The eyebrow. See eyebrow. 2. SYN: forehead. [A.S. bru] * * * brow brau̇ n 1) EYEBROW 2) either of the lateral prominences of the forehead 3) FOREHEAD * * * (brou) forehead …
20brow — [OE] In Old English, brow meant ‘eyelash’, but there seems little doubt, from related words in other languages (such as Sanskrit bhrūs and Greek ophrus), that the original underlying sense of the word is ‘eyebrow’, and this resurfaced, or was… …
