brow
[noun]
Synonyms: forehead, frons, front

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

brow /braʊ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: bru]

1. literary the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair Synonym : forehead
mop/wipe your brow (=dry your brow with your hand or a cloth because you are hot or nervous)
your brow furrows/creases/wrinkles (=lines appear on your brow because you are thinking or are worried)
His brow furrowed. ‘I don’t understand,’ he said.

2. an eyebrow

3. the brow of a hill the top part of a slope or hill

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

brow
noun
I. eyebrow
ADJ. dark, heavy | bushy, shaggy | winged | delicate | sardonic She raised a sardonic brow.
VERB + BROW arch, raise She arched a brow when she saw the bill.
draw together, knit He knitted his brows in concentration.
BROW + VERB lift, rise | twitch | draw together, snap together His brows snapped together ferociously when he heard the remark.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

brow
II. forehead
ADJ. broad, wide | furrowed He stared at the visitors beneath a furrowed brow.
stern | weary | damp, perspiring, sweating | fevered
VERB + BROW mop, wipe | furrow, pucker, wrinkle She wrinkled her brow thoughtfully.
BROW + VERB crease, furrow, pucker, wrinkle His brow furrowed as he racked his brains over the question.
clear For a while she looked puzzled; then her brow cleared.
darken His brow darkened in anger.
PREP. across your ~ His shaggy grey hair fell loosely across his brow.
from your ~ She brushed back a stray lock of hair from her brow.
over your ~ His hair fell over his brow as he turned his head.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

brow
̈ɪbrau
See: by the sweat of one's brow

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