brow

Definitions


[braʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person's forehead
(e.g: he wiped his brow)

- the summit of a hill or pass
(e.g: the cottages were built on the brow of a hill)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English brū ‘eyelash, eyebrow’, of Germanic origin. Current senses arose in Middle English; compare with brae


[braʊ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a gangway from a ship to the shore


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: probably from Norwegian bru, from Old Norse brú ‘bridge’




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