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Definition of "brow" []

  • The superciliary ridge over the eyes. (noun)
  • The eyebrow. (noun)
  • The forehead. (noun)
  • A facial expression; countenance: "Speak you this with a sad brow?” ( Shakespeare). (noun)
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place: the brow of a hill. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "brow" in a sentence
  • "Bucks normally have two matching protrusions of antlers that rise several inches in the middle of their racks almost over their eye brows, hence the term brow tines."
  • "Now I'm just a refugee from over at the Gun Nut blog so my brow is a little more pronounced and I can't comprehend polysyllabic words nearly as well as the average water frother, but let me kinda turn the question around: when do you think someone's going to bring their bass tackle to the streamside and put a micropterus salmoides-sized butt-whippin 'on some fly anglers?"
  • "I am now back at my college weight, my brow is back, and I'm more productive at work."