brow
The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are locatedThe bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
» He wiped the sweat from his brow.
Он вытер пот со лба.
Meaning
9 sensesThe bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
The eyebrow.
The forehead.
(figuratively)Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
the brow of a precipice
The first tine of an antler's beam.
A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
трапtrap
The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
- the part of the face above the eyes
- the arch of hair above each eye
- the peak of a hill
Examples
38 sentencesHe wiped the sweat from his brow.
ruОн вытер пот со лба.
Wipe the sweat from your brow.
ruВытри пот со лба.
The old woman knitted her brows.
ruСтарушка нахмурилась.
deDie alte Frau zog die Augenbrauen zusammen.
Sweat was pouring from his brow.
Her brow was beaded with perspiration.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from ProFrom Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).
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Forms
plural: browsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the part of the face above the eyes:forehead
- the arch of hair above each eye:eyebrowsupercilium
- the peak of a hill:hilltop