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forehead

[ fawr-id, for-; fawr-hed, for- ]

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noun

forehead

/ ˈfɔːˌhɛd; ˈfɒrɪd /

the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow frontal

before 1000; Middle English forehe ( v ) ed, Old English forhēafod. See fore-, head

Old English forhēafod ; related to Old Frisian forhāfd , Middle Low German vorhōved

His sons kissed his forehead as the judge announced the verdict.

I fired again, and as he fell the second round hit him in the forehead, just above the left eye.

Whispering to himself and bowing, he touches his forehead to the ground.

Somehow she survived, even though one of the bullets struck her in the forehead.

He stood barefoot, his neck covered with interlocking black tattooed swirls, the word HELL inked into his forehead.

His hat was pushed back from his forehead, the collar of his blue flannel shirt was open.

He rose and kissed her lightly on the forehead, experience teaching him to avoid a stray hair from the carefully built coiffure.

The Empress's hand was on her beating forehead, but she turned, even fiercely to his question.

The voice died out in a broken whisper, and two hot tears fell on Black Sheep's forehead.

Beads of perspiration gathered on my forehead as I slowly rose to my feet and faced Giles.

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