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Definition of 'brow'

noun

The part of the face above the eyes [syn: brow, forehead]

noun

The arch of hair above each eye [syn: eyebrow, brow, supercilium]

noun

The peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" [syn: hilltop, brow]

From: GCIDE

Brow \Brow\ (brou), n. [OE. browe, bruwe, AS. br[=u]; akin to AS. br[=ae]w, bre['a]w, eyelid, OFries. br[=e], D. braauw, Icel. br[=a], br[=u]n, OHG. pr[=a]wa, G. braue, OSlav. br[u^]v[i^], Russ. brove, Ir. brai, Ir. & Gael. abhra, Armor. abrant, Gr. 'ofry`s, Skr. bhr[=u]. Cf. Bray a bank, Bridge.]
1. The prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit. [1913 Webster]
And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise. --Churchill. [1913 Webster]
2. The hair that covers the brow (ridge over the eyes); the eyebrow. [1913 Webster]
'T is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3. The forehead; as, a feverish brow. [1913 Webster]
Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. The general air of the countenance. [1913 Webster]
To whom thus Satan with contemptuous brow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
He told them with a masterly brow. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
5. The edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as, the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill. [1913 Webster]
To bend the brow, To knit the brows, to frown; to scowl. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Brow \Brow\, v. t. To bound to limit; to be at, or form, the edge of. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom glade. --Milton. [1913 Webster]