brow

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɹaʊ/ Rhymes: -aʊ === Noun === brow (plural brows) The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located. The eyebrow. The forehead. (figurative) Aspect; appearance; facial expression. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill. The first tine of an antler's beam. (mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal. (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay. (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp. ==== Synonyms ==== forehead ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === brow (third-person singular simple present brows, present participle browing, simple past and past participle browed) To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. == Middle English == === Noun === brow alternative form of browe == Norn == === Alternative forms === brau (Shetland) === Etymology === From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Compare Shetlandic brau. === Noun === brow (Orkney) bread == Plautdietsch == === Adjective === brow brave, audacious, daring, courageous, dauntless, intrepid ==== Derived terms ==== Browheit