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brow

  (brou) pronunciation
n.
    1. The superciliary ridge over the eyes.
    2. The eyebrow.
    3. The forehead.
  1. A facial expression; countenance: “Speak you this with a sad brow?” (Shakespeare).
  2. The projecting upper edge of a steep place: the brow of a hill.

[Middle English, from Old English brū.]


 
 
(brou)
n.
  1. The eyebrow.
  2. See forehead.
 

The forehead, or either lateral half of it.

  • b. suspension — a surgical procedure to correct the redundant facial skin folds with ptosis and entropion of the upper eyelid which occurs in some dog breeds, especially the Shar-pei and Bloodhound.


 
WordNet: brow
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: the part of the face above the eyes
  Synonym: forehead

Meaning #2: the arch of hair above each eye
  Synonyms: eyebrow, supercilium

Meaning #3: the peak of a hill
  Synonym: hilltop


 
Translations: Translations for: Brow

Dansk (Danish)
n. - øjenbryn, pande

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorhoofd, (mv) wenkbrauwen, aanschijn, top van heuvel, loopplank, uitsteeksel op steile rand

Français (French)
n. - front, arcade sourcilière, sourcil, sommet, bord (d'une falaise), (Minér) tour d'extraction

Deutsch (German)
n. - Braue, Stirn, (Berg)kuppe, Rand (Abhang), (mar.) Laufplanke

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μέτωπο, κούτελο, φρύδι, παρυφή, χείλος φρέατος, γκρεμού κ.λπ.

Italiano (Italian)
fronte

idioms:

  • knit one's brow    aggrottare le ciglia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobrancelha (f), testa (f), parte (f) superior de uma encosta

idioms:

  • knit one's brow    franzir a testa em sinal de preocupação

Русский (Russian)
бровь

idioms:

  • knit one's brow    насупиться

Español (Spanish)
n. - frente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ögonbryn, panna, landgång

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
额头, 面容, 表情, 眉毛, 悬崖边缘, 峭壁顶端

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 額頭, 面容, 表情, 眉毛, 懸崖邊緣, 峭壁頂端

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 눈두덩, 이마, 얼굴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 眉, 額, がけっぷち, 頂上

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جبين, جبهه, حاجب, حافه الجبل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מצח, ראש צוק, ראש גבעה, גבה, רמה שכלית (מדוברת)‬


 
 

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