brow
Pronunciation: /bɹaʊ/
The English word “brow” has 10 meanings listed here.
noun
- The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
- The eyebrow.
- The forehead.
- Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
- The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
- 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.
- The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian…
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