Brow
[braʊ]
Definition
(n.) The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
(n.) The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow.
(n.) The forehead; as, a feverish brow.
(n.) The general air of the countenance.
(n.) The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.
(v. t.) To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Forehead.[2]. Edge (as of a precipice), brink, border.
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Definition
n. the eyebrow: the ridge over the eyes: the forehead: the edge of a hill: a gallery in a coalmine running across the face of the coal: (fig.) aspect appearance.—v.t. Brow′beat to bear down with stern looks or speech: to bully.—adjs. Brow′-bound having the brow bound as with a crown: crowned; Brow′less without shame.
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Examples
- Hopkins's brow was clouded, and he sat down with an air of deep dejection. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Repentance, replied the man, whose sinister brow gathered clouds as he spoke. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Boultby heard and deliberated with bent brow and protruded under lip. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But no love shines on her brow, Nor breaks she a marriage-vow, Love is colder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But further precaution was still due to the sweat of this honest fellow's brow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Why then,' said Mrs Boffin, speaking with her eyes closed, and her left hand thoughtfully touching her brow, 'then, there they are! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The matter can be easily remedied, said the brow-beaten doctor; Mr. Sherlock Holmes can return to London by the morning train. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The T'other Governor he's always joked his jokes agin me, owing, as I believe, to my being a honest man as gets my living by the sweat of my brow. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- For an instant she sat up, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes blazing from under the terrible mark upon her brow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- At the far eastern confine a strange cavalcade strung, in single file, over the brow of a low hill. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- By the splendour of Our Lady's brow! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not to risk being done out of the sweat of my brow, by any chances, I should wish afore going further to be swore in. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- With the sweat of your brow? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The heart's blood must gem with red beads the brow of the combatant, before the wreath of victory rustles over it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- That's a pity, now, Josh, said Raffles, affecting to scratch his head and wrinkle his brows upward as if he were nonplussed. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He did not even take his cap from his brows. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And immediately the queer, careless, terribly attractive smile came over his eyes and brows, though his mouth did not relax. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His dark brows and all his lines, were finely drawn. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A great square house, with a heavy portico darkening the principal windows, as its master's heavy brows overshadowed his eyes. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- As the gleam of the street-lamps flashed upon his austere features, I saw that his brows were drawn down in thought and his thin lips compressed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Knots of politicians were assembled with anxious brows and loud or deep voices. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Gerald knitted his brows in momentary irritation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For he was still reading it with knitted brows. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- A bad truth for you, said Defarge, speaking with knitted brows, and looking straight before him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Yes, at some stages, said Lydgate, lifting his brows and smiling, while he began to arrange his microscope. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She knitted her brows. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Shirley raised her brows. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The continental female is quite a different being to the insular female of the same age and class: I never saw such eyes and brows in England. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He knitted his brows in sudden exasperation. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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