Forehead
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈfɔːhɛd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Forehead is a noun meaning (countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
Meaning
(countable) The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) confidence; audacity; impudence.
- The upper part of a mobile phone, above the screen.
Example Sentences
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 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.[…].
Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.[…]She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.
'This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’'
Word Forms
- foreheads
- for'ead
- forrad
- forread
- forred
- forrid
Synonyms for forehead
Depending on context, synonyms include brow.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brow, hairline, head, toe, snout, face.
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