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[ fawr-id, for-; fawr-hed, for- ] / ˈfɔr ɪd, ˈfɒr-; ˈfɔrˌhɛd, ˈfɒr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR forehead ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe part of the face above the eyebrows; brow. the fore or front part of anything. Origin of foreheadbefore 1000; Middle English forehe(v)ed,Old English forhēafod.See fore-, head Words nearby foreheadforegone conclusion, foreground, foregut, forehand, forehanded, forehead, forehearth, forehock, forehoof, foreign, foreign affairs Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foreheadHis sons kissed his forehead as the judge announced the verdict. Mubarak’s Acquittal Signals Complete Triumph of Military Over Arab Spring|Jamie Dettmer|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST I fired again, and as he fell the second round hit him in the forehead, just above the left eye. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Whispering to himself and bowing, he touches his forehead to the ground. Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Somehow she survived, even though one of the bullets struck her in the forehead. Malala Yousafzai Is the Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner in History|Nico Hines|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The three who were killed had been forced to kneel in a prayer position while assassins shot each in the forehead. Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered|Barbie Latza Nadeau|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Saginaw glanced at Connie and touched his forehead significantly. Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps|James B. Hendryx The countess bounded up on the sofa and the duke wiped his forehead with his handkerchief. The Mesmerist's Victim|Alexandre Dumas Sweat poured from his forehead, and the suit ventilator whined as it picked up the extra moisture. Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin Even his grizzled hair slanted forward in a stiff cowlick over his forehead, and his face bristled sharply with his gray beard. Jerome, A Poor Man|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman He saw that a tender light, the softness of sympathy, came into her eyes when she noticed the plasters on his forehead and cheek. Spring Street|James H. Richardson
British Dictionary definitions for forehead
nounthe part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; browRelated adjective: frontal Word Origin for foreheadOld English forhēafod; related to Old Frisian forhāfd, Middle Low German vorhōved Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to foreheadfront, temples Medical definitions for forehead
n.The part of the face between the eyebrows, the normal hairline, and the temples.brow The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |