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brow
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
brow
(noun)
beetle–browed
(adjective)
knit
(verb)
sweat
(noun)
brow
/
ˈ
braʊ/
noun
plural
brows
brow
/
ˈ
braʊ/
noun
plural
brows
Britannica Dictionary definition of BROW
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1
:
eyebrow
She raised her
brows
in surprise.
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2
:
forehead
She wiped the sweat from her
brow
.
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highbrow
,
lowbrow
,
middlebrow
3
:
the upper edge of a steep slope
the
brow
of a high hill
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knit your brow
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