Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
ridge over theeyes ; theeyebrow (Wikipedia). - noun The first
tine of anantler 's beam. - noun The
forehead (Wikipedia). - noun The
projecting upper edge of asteep place such as ahill . - noun nautical The
gangway fromship toshore when a ship islying alongside aquay . - noun nautical The
hinged part of alanding craft orferry which islowered to form a landingplatform ; aramp . - verb To
bound orlimit ; to be at, or form, the edge of.
from 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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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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Now I'm just a refugee from over at the Gun Nut blog so my brow is a little more pronounced and I can't comprehend polysyllabic words nearly as well as the average water frother, but let me kinda turn the question around: when do you think someone's going to bring their bass tackle to the streamside and put a micropterus salmoides-sized butt-whippin 'on some fly anglers?
Can a Fly Rod Win a Bass Tournament? Tim Romano 2008
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I am now back at my college weight, my brow is back, and I'm more productive at work.
Three Big Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Starting Businesses Shaun Rein 2010
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I am now back at my college weight, my brow is back, and I'm more productive at work.
Big Mistakes Often Made By Entrepreneurs Shaun Rein 2010
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I am now back at my college weight, my brow is back, and I'm more productive at work.
Three Big Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Starting Businesses Shaun Rein 2010
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I am now back at my college weight, my brow is back, and I'm more productive at work.
Three Big Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Starting Businesses Shaun Rein 2010
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The part that covers his nose and his brow is what we call an appliance.
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I assume loyal water-carriers like Bill Kristol will push pretty much any rumor to the mouth breathers like crystal meth, while the Russerts of the world must decide whether their furrowed brow is a reaction to the mouth breathers or the allegations themselves.
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"The part that covers his nose and his brow is what we call an appliance."
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And I've read that a thicker, less styled brow is in style for this fall, so yay.
Golden Arches kittenpie 2007
ruzuzu commented on the word brow
"n. In coal-mining, an underground roadway leading to a working-place, driven either to the rise or to the dip.
n. 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."
--CD&C
April 16, 2012
fbharjo commented on the word brow
high, low and middle brow - a quick, nifty journey, Ruzuzu.
not to mention & to mention ill brow and nae brow in CD&C
over the edge perhaps?
April 17, 2012