brow
/braʊ/noun
उच्चारण ब्राउ
भौं; माथा
Core word
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the part of the face above the eyes and below the hair; the top part of a hill
भौं; माथा
- knit your brows
- She raised her brow in surprise.
- He wiped the sweat from his brow.
+ 2 more examples
- Her brow wrinkled as she read the difficult question.
- The teacher's brow furrowed when she saw the mistake.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
brow (forehead / eyebrow)
Brow can mean the forehead or the eyebrow; in poetry and formal writing it is often the forehead.
'Brow' का अर्थ माथा या भौंह हो सकता है; कविता और औपचारिक लेखन में प्रायः माथा होता है।
- He wiped the sweat from his brow.
- She raised one brow in surprise.
knit / furrow / raise one's brow(s)
These verbs show worry, thought or doubt through the movement of the brow.
ये क्रियाएँ भौंहों की हरकत से चिंता, सोच या संदेह दिखाती हैं।
- The teacher furrowed her brow at the answer.
- He knitted his brows in thought.
the brow of a hill
Brow can also be the top part of a hill, just before the slope goes down.
'Brow' पहाड़ी का सबसे ऊपरी भाग भी है, जहाँ से ढलान शुरू होती है।
- The cottage stood on the brow of the hill.
by the sweat of one's brow
This phrase means by hard physical work, and it is used for honest earning.
इस वाक्यांश का अर्थ कठोर शारीरिक परिश्रम से है, और यह ईमानदारी की कमाई के लिए आता है।
- The farmer earned his bread by the sweat of his brow.
brow vs eyebrow vs forehead
Eyebrow is the line of hair above the eye; forehead is the flat part of the face above the eyes; brow can mean either, but sounds more literary.
Eyebrow आँख के ऊपर बालों की रेखा है; forehead आँखों के ऊपर का चपटा भाग है; brow दोनों हो सकता है, पर अधिक साहित्यिक लगता है।
- She plucked her eyebrow, then wiped her forehead and her brow.
+Collocations 4
verb + brow
furrowknitraisewipemop
- She furrowed her brow while solving the sum.
adjective + brow
highbroadfurrowedsweatingwrinkled
- The old scholar had a broad wrinkled brow.
brow + other words
of the hilllineliftbonebeat
- The brow bone sits just above the eye.
fixed phrases
sweat of one's browhighbrowlowbrowbrowbeatbeetle-browed
- He was a highbrow who read only classics.
“More examples 6
- Beads of sweat appeared on Radhika's brow during the viva.
viva के दौरान राधिका के माथे पर पसीने की बूँदें उभर आईं।
- The principal raised an eyebrow, but the brow of the clerk was calm.
प्राचार्य ने भौंह चढ़ाई, पर क्लर्क का माथा शांत रहा।
- The village lies just beyond the brow of the hill.
गाँव पहाड़ी की चोटी के ठीक पार है।
- He furrowed his brow and read the question again.
उसने माथे पर बल डालकर प्रश्न फिर पढ़ा।
- The mason wiped his brow and went back to work.
राजमिस्त्री ने माथा पोंछा और काम पर लौट गया।
- The old teacher's brow was lined with years of worry about his students.
बूढ़े शिक्षक के माथे पर अपने विद्यार्थियों की वर्षों की चिंता की रेखाएँ थीं।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He earned money by sweat of his brow.
✓ He earned money by the sweat of his brow.
The fixed phrase includes the article the.
इस निश्चित वाक्यांश में article 'the' शामिल है।
§Grammar and usage
Usage: highbrow (intellectual) and lowbrow (simple, popular).
प्रयोग में highbrow (बौद्धिक) और lowbrow (सरल, लोकप्रिय)।