forehead
Americannoun
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foreheads
plural
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the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
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the fore or front part of anything.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of forehead
before 1000; Middle English forehe ( v ) ed, Old English forhēafod. See fore-, head
Explanation
Your forehead is the top part of your face, just below your hairline and above your eyebrows. If you have long bangs, they cover up most of your forehead. You can also call your forehead your "brow." It's important for communication, since the forehead helps people express basic emotions — muscles in your forehead control the movement of your eyebrows, which help you express concern and anger, among other feelings. Forehead has the Old English roots fore, "the front part," and heafod, "top of the body," or "head."
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"I'd have Gladiators champion tattooed on my forehead if I could so I bit their hand off to do it," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Lifts of all sorts are, no pun intended, on the rise: forehead and brow lifts up 29 percent; arm lifts and neck lifts both up 21 percent.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
His forehead was livid blue from a fall.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Months earlier I’d moved from an east-of-Eastside suburb to Los Feliz, where the quickest path to assimilation appeared to be the one I could cut across my forehead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
He drains the pus and dresses Phineas's forehead again.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Eyes red, cheeks tear-stained and foreheads pouring sweat, the two squirmed in their seats and Bernthal said he was going to be sick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
On Wednesday, Ben Gvir sparked an outcry internationally but also within his own government by publishing a video of dozens of activists kneeling with their foreheads on the ground and their hands tied.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Sometimes we work with lamps on our foreheads.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
The numbers, he said, were often written on their chests and foreheads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
He embraced the hobbits then, after the manner of his people, stooping, and placing his hands upon their shoulders, and kissing their foreheads.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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