brow

Meaning

Noun

1. The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
2. The first tine of an antler's beam.
3. The forehead.
4. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
5. A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal.
6. Aspect; appearance.
7. The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
8. 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

comb

crown

👑

end

🔚

extremity

face

flange

flood tide

foot

🦶

frontal

height

hem

heyday

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹaʊ/

Etymology

From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).
Compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь (brovʹ), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú).