brow

Meaning

Noun

1. The bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
2. The eyebrow.
3. The forehead.
4. (figuratively) Aspect; appearance; facial expression.
5. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
6. The first tine of an antler's beam.
7. A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
8. The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
9. The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.

Verb

To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

Synonyms

forehead

eyebrow

supercilium

border

crest

edge

brows

brim

brink

peak

eyebrows

planked footway

ridge

rim

hilltop

tip

footbridge

marge

front

high

hotshot

ledge

limb

lip

mane

margin

maximum

mien

neb

point

scrubber

side

summit

tiptop

top

🔝

topper

verge

expression

helmet front

middle forehead

arris

frons

push broom

whiz

abutment

acme

apex

broom

🧹

brush

butt

Translations

sourcil

frente

Braue

Augenbraue

front

sopracciglio

ceja

wenkbrauw

φρύδι

Stirn

μέτωπο

cella

testa

fronte

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹaʊ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: browe

Inherited from Old English: brū

Cognate with Middle Irish: brúad

Cognate with Tokharian B: pärwāne

Cognate with Lithuanian: bruvìs

Cognate with Serbo-Croatian: obrva

Cognate with Russian: бровь

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὀφρύς

Cognate with Sanskrit: भ्रू

Cognate with Persian: ابرو

Cognate with Khowar: بروُ

In summary

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”).