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forehead

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fore·head  (fôrhd, -d, fr-)
n.
1. The part of the face between the eyebrows, the normal hairline, and the temples.
2. The front part of something.

[Middle English forhed, from Old English forhafod : for-, fore- + hafod, head; see head.]

forehead [ˈfɒrɪd ˈfɔːˌhɛd]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow Related adj frontal
[Old English forhēafod; related to Old Frisian forhāfd, Middle Low German vorhōved]

Forehead 

See Also: FACE(S)

  1. The artery in his forehead bulged like a snake —Richard Ford
  2. Brow like masonry —Ted Hughes
  3. Forehead..as wrinkled as a washboard —Harvey Swados
  4. Forehead like a bright new moon —Arabian Nights
  5. (A slim girl with) a forehead which was shiny and protuberant, like a Bartlett pear —George Ade
  6. Forehead, with wrinkles like lines drawn all over it —Ivan Turgenev
  7. Her forehead shines like the gleam of morning —Arabian Nights
  8. A high forehead with a soft vein running indirectly down the middle like an aimless trickle of water on a windowpane —John Hersey
  9. His brows became contorted with thick frowns, like a bull’s forehead —V. S. Pritchett
  10. His brow swells out over his face like an eroded riverbank —T. Coraghessan Boyle
  11. His forehead bulged [with fury] as if he were horned —Jonathan Valin

    See Also: ANGER

  12. His forehead rose like a gleaming dome towards the crown of his bald head —Alexander Solzhenitsyn
  13. A pair of thin horizontal lines, like furrows in a meadow of snow, appeared on her forehead —Bill Pronzini
  14. The skin [on a character’s forehead] was wrinkled into long horizontal lines, like lines of inquiry —Dan Jacobson
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forehead - the part of the face above the eyesforehead - the part of the face above the eyes
face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
feature, lineament - the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his features"; "his lineaments were very regular"
crinion, trichion - point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead
2.forehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbitsforehead - the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits
glabella, mesophyron - a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges
metopion - the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skull
ophryon - the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
membrane bone - any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull
braincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain
frontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit

forehead
noun brow, temple He kissed her forehead.
Related words
adjective frontal
Translations
forehead [ˈfɒrɪd] Nfrente f

forehead [ˈfɒrɪd ˈfɔːrhɛd] nfront m

forehead
nStirn f

forehead [ˈfɔːˌhɛd] nfronte f

forehead
n forehead [ˈforid, ˈfoː(r)hed]
the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline; the brow Her hair covers her forehead. voorkop جَبْهَه، جَبين чело čelo pande die Stirn μέτωπο frente otsaesine پیشانی otsa front מֵצָח čelo homlok dahi enni fronte 이마 kakta piere dahi voorhoofd panne czoło testa frunte лоб čelo čelo čelo panna หน้าผาก alın лоб, чоло پیشانی trán

forehead جبهة čelo pande Stirn μέτωπο frente otsa front čelo fronte 이마 voorhoofd panne czoło testa лоб panna หน้าผาก alın trán 前额


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Christine came to him, laid her hand on his forehead and went away again.
The earliest known traditions describe the stone as having been set in the forehead of the four-handed Indian god who typifies the Moon.
There was a red mark round his forehead where his hat had been, and the perspiration was streaming from his forehead.
 
 
 
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