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" My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world."
Josephine Baker

Meaning of "brow" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BROW

Old English brū; related to Old Norse brūn eyebrow, Lithuanian bruvis, Greek ophrus, Sanskrit bhrūs.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BROW

braʊ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BROW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Brow

Brow may refer to: ▪ Eyebrow, an area of thick, delicate hairs above the eye ▪ Forehead, the fore part of the human head ▪ Entryway for boarding the ship similar to a gangplank ▪ Brow, Dumfries and Galloway, hamlet in Scotland...

Definition of brow in the English dictionary

The first definition of brow in the dictionary is the part of the face from the eyes to the hairline; forehead. Other definition of brow is the expression of the face; countenance. Brow is also the top of a mine shaft; pithead.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROW

arow · Arrau · drow · eyebrow · feldgrau · Frau · gherao · hausfrau · highbrow · lowbrow · middlebrow · monobrow · overbrow · prau · prow · tamarao · tamarau · Tarau · unibrow

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROW

brouhaha · browallia · browband · browbeat · browbeaten · browbeater · browless · brown · brown ale · brown algae · brown bag · brown bagged · brown bagging · brown bear · brown belt · brown bread · brown bullhead · brown coal · brown cow · brown creeper

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROW

arrow · barrow · bone marrow · borrow · crow · escrow · front row · grow · in a row · marrow · morrow · narrow · Paltrow · raise an eyebrow · row · skid row · sorrow · sparrow · throw · tomorrow

Synonyms and antonyms of brow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BROW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «brow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
air · appearance · aspect · bearing · brim · brink · countenance · crest · crown · edge · face · forehead · front · mien · peak · rim · summit · temple · tip · top · verge

Translation of «brow» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BROW

Find out the translation of brow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of brow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brow» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

额头
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

frente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

brow
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भौंह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحاجب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

лоб
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

testa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ললাট
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

front
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dahi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Stirn
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

이마
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Pucuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lông mày
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

புருவம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कपाळ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kaş
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fronte
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

czoło
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

лоб
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

frunte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φρύδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorkop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

panna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROW»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of brow
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «brow».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brow

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «BROW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brow.
1
Louis Auchincloss
With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband's absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office.
2
Josephine Baker
My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world.
3
Daniel Boone
In the decline of the day, near Kentucky river, as we ascended the brow of a small hill, a number of Indians rushed out of a thick cane-brake upon us, and made us prisoners.
4
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all. What then? Who's sorry for a gnat or girl?
5
Ken Follett
I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.'
6
Franz Grillparzer
I look around me and nowhere do I see a stamp of disapproval with which nature marked a woman's candid brow.
7
William Morris Hunt
What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children!
8
Frederick Leboyer
This tragic brow, these closed eyes, eyebrows raised and knotted.
9
Ovid
A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a quip and worried to death by a frown on the right man's brow.
10
John Millington Synge
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROW»

Discover the use of brow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Photography: A Middle-brow Art
The everyday practice of photography by millions of amateur photographers may seem to be a spontaneous and highly personal activity.
Pierre Bourdieu, 1996
2
Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk
For the people of Chuuk and for students of religion and Micronesian culture, this book pulls together and makes available in English the somewhat scattered published accounts (largely in German), along with Goodenough's own (as yet ...
Ward Hunt Goodenough, 2002
3
By the Sweat of Your Brow: Reflections on Work and the ...
This volume is a collection of essays dealing with the nature and value of work in Jewish thought.
David J. Schnall, 2001
4
The Sweat of Their Brow: A History of Work in Latin America
In this compelling narrative, David McCreery situates the work experience in Latin America's broader history.
David McCreery, 2000
5
Shining Brow
Displaying all the structural ingenuity and subtle resonance that have marked Paul Muldoon as the most influential poet of his generation, it tells, with suitable bravura, the story of architectural genius Frank Lloyd Wright and his ...
Paul Muldoon, 2011
6
By the Sweat of the Brow: Literature and Labor in Antebellum ...
Bromell also makes important contributions to three areas of nineteenth-century social history. He probes the period's conflicting ideas of mothers as both spiritual "angels of the house" and ineluctably embodied laborers in the home.
Nicholas K. Bromell, 1993
7
Brow of Stone
Author Kaylee Reilley Christian was born and raised in Taylorsville, Utah. She is happily married with three beautiful children. The Christian family recently moved to a sweet little town in Idaho called Glenns Ferry.
Kaylee Reilley Christian, 2011
8
By the Sweat of Their Brow: Women Workers at Victorian Coal ...
Angela John discusses the implications of this debate, showing how it encapsulates many of the ambivalences of late Victorian attitudes towards working-class female employment, and at the same time raises wider questions both about women's ...
Angela V. John, 2005
9
Brow and Upper Eyelid Surgery: Multispecialty Approach
Guest editors Babak Azizzadeh and Guy Massry strongly believe that, with more and varied practitioners with different training taking on cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries or procedures, transparency of information is essential in order ...
Guy G Massry, Babak Azizzadeh, 2012
10
Kiss Upon the Brow
About Kiss Upon the Brow: The story takes place in the foothills of Kentucky on the appalachian line.
Linda Neal Kinser, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brow is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How To Make Your Eyebrows Straight, The Trend That Everyone's …
The straight brow trend has been around for a while, but has grown in popularity over the last couple of years (along with the rise of Korean ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
2
PGTFC athletes blaze trail at Jack Brow meet
On a blazing 38 C day in Kelowna at the Jack Brow Memorial track and field meet, the 17-year-old Medina won the senior boys long jump, ... «Prince George Citizen, Jul 15»
3
Victim suffered red welt to brow
Injuries outlined: A jury has heard of the injuries sustained by a Delacombe man during an alleged 2013 assault in Leawarra Crescent. «The Courier, Jul 15»
4
Thwaites Brow Post Office put up for sale
Thwaites Brow Post Office, which is in Moss Carr Road, has been owned and run by Kevin Gamble for the past 28 years. Mr Gamble, 63, said he has recently ... «Keighley News, Jul 15»
5
Woman 'left with virtually no eyebrows' after threading appointment …
Sarah Taylor says staff at Saniya's Brow Bar in Stretford Mall first left her eyebrows badly lopsided. She claims that after she complained, ... «Manchester Evening News, Jun 15»
6
Brow down
Follow the steps to trace the outline of your eyebrows with a brow pencil: To get the right shape align tweezers or a brow pencil vertically with ... «DhakaTribune, Jun 15»
7
Eyebrow Hacks: Learn 5 ways to achieve that elusive brow look
Take a contrasting cream shadow (like a soft gold) and trace it over the brow with a soft shadow brush. "You are glazing the brow with a ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jun 15»
8
Jack Brow track meet
Section 3 of the girls 200 metre race compete at the Jack Brow Memorial Track Meet held at the Apple Bowl on Saturday. The track meet which ... «The Daily Courier, Jun 15»
9
Wipe your brow – Raleigh is 7th sweatiest city in the U.S.
Raleigh is the seventh "sweatiest" city in the U.S., according to a report by scientists at Environmental Health & Engineering in partnership with ... «Triangle Business Journal, Jun 15»
10
Firefighter Emerges From House Fire With Brow Game On Point
Summer can be a real jerkhole. Your makeup is all didded and then you venture out into the heat and your foundation starts to melt off and ... «Styleite, Jun 15»
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