brow

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhreu 'brow' (cf. Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne ‘eyebrows’, Lithuanian bruvìs, Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrus), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)).

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[edit] Noun

brow (plural brows)

  1. the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow
  2. the first tine of an antler's beam
  3. forehead
  4. the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill
  5. (nautical) the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay
  6. (nautical) the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp

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