Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hang over like a brow; overhang.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Poetic To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb poetic, transitive To
hang over like abrow ; toimpend over.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
over- + brow
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word overbrow.
Examples
-
The morning star has the same palpitating hush; the early light is enmeshed in the branches that overbrow your window, as in those other days.
The Fugitive Rabindranath Tagore 1901
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.