Brow Definition

brou
brows
noun
brows
The superciliary ridge over the eyes.
American Heritage Medicine
The eyebrow.
Webster's New World
The forehead.
Webster's New World
A facial expression.
Her troubled brow.
Webster's New World
The projecting top edge of a steep hill or cliff.
Webster's New World
verb

To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

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Other Word Forms of Brow

Noun

Singular:
brow
Plural:
brows

Origin of Brow

  • Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreu 'brow', *h₃bʰrúHs (cf. Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne ‘eyebrows’, Lithuanian bruvìs, Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrus), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English brū bhrū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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