forehead
noun/ˈfɔːhɛd/UK/ˈfɔɹˌhɛd/US
Etymology
From Middle English forhed, forheed, from Old English forehēafod, from Proto-West Germanic *forēhaubid, corresponding to fore- + head. Cognate with Scots foreheid (“forehead”), Dutch voorhoofd (“forehead”), German Vorhaupt (“forehead”), Danish forhoved (“brow; forehead; face”). Compare also West Frisian foarholle (“forehead”), German Low German Vörkopp (“forehead”).
- inherited from *forēhaubid✻
- inherited from forehēafod
- inherited from forhed
Definitions
The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue.[…].
confidence
confidence; audacity; impudence.
- Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty; For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood, Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility
The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.
The neighborhood
- synonymbrow
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for forehead. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA