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Meaning of Brow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
bɹaʊ

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الحاجب جبهة جبين
Bosanski pico
Deutsch Stirn
Español sobreceja sobrecejo
Gaeilge mála
Hrvatski pico
Italiano ciglio cima orlo passerella da sbarco
日本語 おでこ
한국어 이마
Kurdî cima çima
Latina supercilium
Te Reo Māori taumata
Polski brew
Português pico
Русский трап
Српски pico
Svenska panna
ไทย คิ้ว

Examples

“’Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship.”
“And his arch’d brow, pulled o’er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.”
“Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war, And thus hath so bestirr’d thee in thy sleep, That beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow Like bubbles in a late-disturb’d stream,[…]”
“Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.”
“Take it away; I'm frightened! / But she, with placid brow, / Cries: "This is our Kitty-witty! / Why don't you love her now?"”
“the brow of a precipice”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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