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brow

American  
[brou] / braʊ /

noun

  1. Anatomy. the ridge over the eye.

  2. the hair growing on that ridge; eyebrow.

  3. the forehead.

    He wore his hat low over his brow.

  4. a person's countenance or mien.

  5. the edge of a steep place.

    She looked down over the brow of the hill.

  6. gangplank.

brow British  
/ braʊ /

noun

  1. the part of the face from the eyes to the hairline; forehead

  2. short for eyebrow

  3. the expression of the face; countenance

    a troubled brow

  4. the top of a mine shaft; pithead

  5. the jutting top of a hill, etc

  6. dialect a steep slope on a road

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
brow Idioms  

  1. see by the sweat of one's brow; cause raised eyebrows.

Etymology

Origin of brow

before 1000; Middle English browe, Old English brū; akin to Old Norse brūn, Sanskrit bhrūs

Example Sentences

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After a long silence, Severus tapped his brow and said to them: “Do you understand now that it is the head that is in charge, not the feet?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Popular myth might suggest the Mac was born full-fledged from Jobs’s brow, but as Mr. Pogue details, the truth was much messier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

She focuses, furrowing her brow to deliver yet another batch of priceless advice.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Sweatband cradling his brow and lion inked on his back, the 31-year-old has boldly written his own legacy.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

He galloped on and disappeared over the brow of the hill.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

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