Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The part of the face between the eyebrows, the normal hairline, and the temples.
- noun The front part of something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fore or front upper part of the head; the part of the face which extends from the usual line of hair on the top of the head to the eyes; the brow.
- noun Confidence; assurance; audacity; front: same as
face , 5. - noun In entomology, the upper part of an insect's epicranium, including the front and vertex.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow.
- noun The aspect or countenance; assurance.
- noun The front or fore part of anything.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The part of the
face above theeyebrows and below the hairline.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
- noun the part of the face above the eyes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One thing's for sure ... her forehead is as big as her wallet.
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Take a look at the pictures of Parviz Khan, that mark in the centre of his forehead is there from it rubbing and banging on the floor during the five times a day prayer, it is a sign of religious observance of Islam.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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Positioned over the forehead is a big central sphere I call a “bulb” which contains the camera and is surrounded by more LEDs.
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Positioned over the forehead is a big central sphere I call a “bulb” which contains the camera and is surrounded by more LEDs.
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The big L on my forehead is a temporary thing … ..
Weekend Assignment #140: adventures in…tardiness? « Adventures in Juggling 2006
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The big L on my forehead is a temporary thing … ..
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The big L on my forehead is a temporary thing … ..
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Another study examined the impact of the Buddhist "insight" meditation on the brain and learned that it caused an increase in thickness of the prefrontal cortex in the brain, the part that lies behind what we call our forehead and is associated with higher order function such as attention and making moral judgments.
Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding Mark Eckhardt 2010
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Another study examined the impact of the Buddhist "insight" meditation on the brain and learned that it caused an increase in thickness of the prefrontal cortex in the brain, the part that lies behind what we call our forehead and is associated with higher order function such as attention and making moral judgments.
Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding Mark Eckhardt 2010
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Another study examined the impact of the Buddhist "insight" meditation on the brain and learned that it caused an increase in thickness of the prefrontal cortex in the brain, the part that lies behind what we call our forehead and is associated with higher order function such as attention and making moral judgments.
Mark Eckhardt: PBS's 'This Emotional Life': Taming the Bull: Why Meditation Is So Difficult...And So Rewarding Mark Eckhardt 2010
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