- (literary) the part of the face above the eyes and below the hair synonym forehead
- The nurse mopped his fevered brow.
- Her brow furrowed in concentration.
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyc2- He stared at the visitors from beneath a furrowed brow.
- Her brow darkened in anger.
- His brow furrowed as he racked his brains over the question.
- Her hair fell over her brow as she turned her head.
- His shaggy grey hair fell loosely across his brow.
- I brushed back a stray lock of hair from my brow.
- She wrinkled her brow thoughtfully.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- wide
- furrowed
- …
- mop
- wipe
- furrow
- …
- crease
- furrow
- wrinkle
- …
- across your brow
- from your brow
- over your brow
- …
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- [usually plural] (also eyebrow)the line of hair above the eye
- One dark brow rose in surprise.
Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancec2- His brows drew together in a worried frown when he heard the remark.
- I arched a brow when I saw the bill.
- She raised a sardonic brow.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- heavy
- bushy
- …
- arch
- lift
- raise
- …
- lift
- rise
- twitch
- …
- [usually singular] the top part of a hill
- The path disappeared over the brow of the hill.
see also highbrow, lowbrow, middlebrow
Word OriginOld English brū ‘eyelash, eyebrow’, of Germanic origin. Current senses arose in Middle English; compare with brae.
Idioms
See brow in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryknit your brow(s)
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