brow
Origin of brow
1Words that may be confused with brow
- brows , browse
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How to use brow in a sentence
Cameras panning to American fans showed dispirited faces, furrowed brows.
But Anastasia showed me that brows are frames for the face, and make such a world of difference in how a woman looks.
He remained silent for a second or two as he just furrowed his brows and studied the photo.
Some peculiar lines between these contracted brows gave a character of ferocity to this forbidding and sensual face.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuHis brows came together in a frown, from which the Seneschal argued that his suggestion was not well received.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael Sabatini
He thought they looked hard as two blue and shining jewels under their painted brows.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensThe Swiss are freemen, and wear the fact unconsciously but palpably on their brows and beaming from their eyes.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe face of the seated man was lowered, but from under heavy brows his abnormally large eyes regarded her fixedly.
Dope | Sax Rohmer
British Dictionary definitions for brow
/ (braʊ) /
the part of the face from the eyes to the hairline; forehead
short for eyebrow
the expression of the face; countenance: a troubled brow
the top of a mine shaft; pithead
the jutting top of a hill, etc
Northern English dialect a steep slope on a road
Origin of brow
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with brow
see by the sweat of one's brow; cause raised eyebrows.
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