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forehead
fore·head F0250900 (fôr′hĕd′, -ĭd, fŏr′-)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 forhēafod : for-, fore- + hēafod, head; see head.]forehead (ˈfɒrɪd; ˈfɔːˌhɛd) n (Anatomy) the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow. [Old English forhēafod; related to Old Frisian forhāfd, Middle Low German vorhōved]fore•head (ˈfɔr ɪd, ˈfɒr-; ˈfɔrˌhɛd, ˈfɒr-)
n. 1. the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow. 2. the fore or front part of something. [before 1000] Forehead See Also: FACE(S) - The artery in his forehead bulged like a snake —Richard Ford
- Brow like masonry —Ted Hughes
- Forehead..as wrinkled as a washboard —Harvey Swados
- Forehead like a bright new moon —Arabian Nights
- (A slim girl with) a forehead which was shiny and protuberant, like a Bartlett pear —George Ade
- Forehead, with wrinkles like lines drawn all over it —Ivan Turgenev
- Her forehead shines like the gleam of morning —Arabian Nights
- A high forehead with a soft vein running indirectly down the middle like an aimless trickle of water on a windowpane —John Hersey
- His brows became contorted with thick frowns, like a bull’s forehead —V. S. Pritchett
- His brow swells out over his face like an eroded riverbank —T. Coraghessan Boyle
- His forehead bulged [with fury] as if he were horned —Jonathan Valin
See Also: ANGER - His forehead rose like a gleaming dome towards the crown of his bald head —Alexander Solzhenitsyn
- A pair of thin horizontal lines, like furrows in a meadow of snow, appeared on her forehead —Bill Pronzini
- The skin [on a character’s forehead] was wrinkled into long horizontal lines, like lines of inquiry —Dan Jacobson
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  forehead - the part of the face above the eyesbrowface, 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 orbitsfrontal bone, os frontaleglabella, 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 ridgesmetopion - the craniometric point midway between the frontal eminences of the skullophryon - the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbitsmembrane bone - any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skullbraincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brainfrontal eminence - either prominence of the frontal bone above each orbit |
foreheadnoun brow, temple He kissed her forehead.Related words
adjective frontalTranslationsforehead (ˈforid) , (ˈfoː(r)hed) noun the part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline; the brow. Her hair covers her forehead. 額 额forehead
forehead the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow forehead[′fär·əd] (anatomy) The part of the face above the eyes. forehead
fore·head (fōr'hed), [TA] The part of the face between the eyebrows and the hairy scalp. Synonym(s): frons [TA], sinciput ☆ , brow (2) forehead (fôr′hĕd′, -ĭd, fŏr′-)n.1. The part of the face between the eyebrows, the normal hairline, and the temples.2. The front part of something.fore·head (fōr'hed) [TA] The part of the face between the eyebrows and the hairy scalp.
Synonym(s): brow (2) , frons. fore·head (fōr'hed) [TA] Area of face between eyebrows and hairy scalp. forehead
Synonyms for foreheadnoun browSynonymsSynonyms for foreheadnoun the part of the face above the eyesSynonymsRelated Words- face
- human face
- feature
- lineament
- crinion
- trichion
noun the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbitsSynonymsRelated Words- glabella
- mesophyron
- metopion
- ophryon
- membrane bone
- braincase
- brainpan
- cranium
- frontal eminence
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