brow

Everyday

1. Your brow is your forehead, the part of your face above your eyes. tree →
2. A brow is an eyebrow: «She raised her brows». tree →
3. The brow of a hill is the top of it, where it starts to slope down. tree →

In the lessons

In stories «he wiped his brow» shows a character is hot or worried; «a furrowed brow» means wrinkles from thinking or worry. In safety, drivers are told not to overtake on the brow of a hill because they cannot see what is coming. Phrases: wipe your brow, knit your brows, furrowed brow, highbrow and lowbrow.

Examples

• He wiped the sweat from his brow. tree →
• She frowned and her brow wrinkled. tree →
• The car slowed down at the brow of the hill. tree →
• Grandad raised his brows in surprise. tree →
• With a furrowed brow, Tom stared at the maths problem. tree →
• We could see the sea from the brow of the hill. tree →
• Perspiration hung like beads on his brow. tree →

Note

Rhymes with «cow», not «grow». Plural «brows». «Eyebrow» is the more usual everyday word for the hair above the eye.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Isaiah calls the people's brow "brass" to mean they are stubborn and shameless. Tradition reads this as a warning against a hard heart that will not listen. In the primary lessons: In stories «he wiped his brow» shows a character is hot or worried; «a furrowed brow» means wrinkles from thinking or worry. In safety, drivers are told not to overtake on the brow of a hill because they cannot see what is coming. Phrases: wipe your brow, knit your brows, furrowed brow, highbrow and lowbrow.

Examples

• Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; (Prophets ISA.48.4, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Rhymes with «cow», not «grow». Plural «brows». «Eyebrow» is the more usual everyday word for the hair above the eye.