forehead

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

noun

1. the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
2. the fore or front part of anything.

forehead

/ ˈfɔːˌhɛd; ˈfɒrɪd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of forehead¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of forehead¹

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

Example Sentences

The hearse passed by, and made its way toward Arlington, where TJ Kolwicz, a Fairfax County police officer, watched with a hand on his forehead.

From Washington Post

He had been raised by a grandmother who attacked him when she drank and left him with a V-shaped scar on his forehead.

From Washington Post

There are only three ways to pay—whether it’s on a card, a phone, a fingerprint, or you and I looking at each other and touching our foreheads in the future.

From Fortune

He hit him on the forehead in the second round, knocking him down.

From Washington Post

At the same time, the “3-and-D” label that’s been written across these players’ foreheads over the past couple of months undersells everything else they can already do, along with the skills they might still develop.

From FiveThirtyEight

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg