Brow Definition
brou
brows
noun
brows
The superciliary ridge over the eyes.
American Heritage Medicine
The eyebrow.
Webster's New World
The forehead.
Webster's New World
A facial expression.
Her troubled brow.
Webster's New World
The projecting top edge of a steep hill or cliff.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Brow
Noun
Singular:
brow
Plural:
browsOrigin of Brow
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Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreu 'brow', *h₃bʰrúHs (cf. Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne ‘eyebrows’, Lithuanian bruvìs, Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrus), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English brū bhrū- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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