Brow

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The superciliary ridge over the eyes.
  • noun. The eyebrow.
  • noun. The forehead.
  • noun. A facial expression; countenance.
  • noun. The projecting upper edge of a steep place.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To form a brow or elevated border to.
  • noun. The prominent ridge over the eye, forming an arch above the orbit.
  • noun. The arch of hair over the eye; the eyebrow.
  • noun. The forehead.
  • noun. The general expression of the countenance.
  • noun. In entomology, that part of an insect's head which lies between the clypeus and the vertex, generally just above the antennæ.
  • noun. The edge of a steep place; the upper portion of a slope: as, “the brow of the hill,” Luke iv. 29.
  • noun. In England, a fringe of coppice adjoining the hedge of a field.
  • noun. In coal-mining, an underground roadway leading to a working-place, driven either to the rise or to the dip.
  • noun. Nautical, an old name for an inclined plane of planks from the shore or the ground to a ship, to facilitate entry and exit. In this sense also spelled brough.
  • noun. In a saw-mill, an incline up which logs are drawn to be sawed.
  • noun. View; opinion: in the phrases an ill brow, an unfavorable opinion; nae brow, no good opinion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • noun. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
  • noun. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
  • noun. The forehead.
  • noun. The general air of the countenance.
  • noun. The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place.
  • noun. to frown; to scowl.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow (Wikipedia).
  • noun. The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • noun. The forehead (Wikipedia).
  • noun. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
  • noun. The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  • noun. The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
  • verb. To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the part of the face above the eyes
  • noun. the arch of hair above each eye
  • noun. the peak of a hill
  • Word Usage
    "Bucks normally have two matching protrusions of antlers that rise several inches in the middle of their racks almost over their eye brows, hence the term brow tines."
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    Equivalent
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crest  crown  feature  hair  lineament  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bilbao  Bow  Chao  Chow  Dow  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    breast  chin  countenance  eyebrow  face  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acme  air  apex  apogee  bank  
    verb-form
    browed  browes  brows