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brow

UK/bɹaʊ/ US/ˈbraʊ/ fairly common

noun

1.

the part of the face above the eyes

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2.

the arch of hair above each eye

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3.

the peak of a hill

  • “the sun set behind the brow of distant hills”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • beetle brow
  • Berry Brow
  • brow job
  • brow ridge
  • brow-antlered deer
  • Dobb Brow
  • eye brow
  • Scouse brow

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