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forehead Definition

fore·head (fôred′, -hed′; fär-; --id)

noun

  1. the part of the face between the eyebrows and the line where the hair normally begins
  2. Old Poet. the front part of anything

Etymology: ME forhed < OE forheafod: see fore- & head

forehead Synonyms

forehead

n.

forehead Usage Examples

Possessives

  • person: Imagine there is a triangle on the other person's forehead.
  • man: Matt frowned and gently rested a hand on the injured man's forehead, feeling the heat building again.
  • child: The priest, parents, godparents and others at the font trace the sign of the cross on the child's forehead.

Converse of object

  • wrinkle: The wedge shaped face with the wrinkled forehead are also peculiar to the breed.
  • dome: A few long wisps of white hair, like shreds of a torn spider web, clinging to the domed, blue-veined forehead.
  • shine: He grunted, wiped his shining forehead with the back of his wrist and sat down.
  • have: They often have a low, slanting forehead, a receding forehead.
  • recede: They often have a low, slanting forehead, a receding forehead.
  • touch: They do absurd things like remove eyes, do therapy with colored lights, and remove severe pain by touching the forehead.

Adjective modifier

  • bulbous: Northern bottlenose whales are easily identifiable by their bulbous foreheads and can grow to eight meters in length.
  • bald: He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled mustache.
  • sloping: He can`t help it, and I must admit that he has a formidable mind beneath his sloping forehead.
  • prominent: The torso develops to its proper size, but the head may be larger than normal with a prominent forehead and flat nose.
  • broad: Broad forehead, large head - the eyes, mouth and lips are usually prominent.
  • smooth: When I was twelve I knew a girl with cream skin and white blond hair springing from a smooth forehead.

Modifies a noun

  • vein: Pulsations in forehead veins realizes the impact few people who.
  • feather: The U of [ W ] forehead feathers develops slowly on some swans.
  • line: RESTYLANE Fine Lines for correcting thin, superficial lines, for example around the eyes and mouth, forehead lines and smile lines.

Noun used with modifier

  • thy: A dream; yet still the radiant Infant's kiss Burns on thy forehead as a seal of fire!
  • helmsman: Howard Ramm continues: " Helmsman Forehead 's actions were truly representative of a helmsman completely in control of the situation.