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Arow vs Brow - What's the difference?

arow | brow |

As an adverb arow

is in a row, line, or rank; successively.

As a noun brow is

the ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().

As a verb brow is

to bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.

arow

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In a row, line, or rank; successively.
    • (Shakespeare)
    (Dryden)
    (Webster 1913)

    brow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow ().
  • * Churchill
    • And his arched brow , pulled o'er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.
  • The first tine of an antler's beam.
  • The forehead ().
  • * Shakespeare
    • Beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=5 citation , passage=Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow .}}
  • The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill.
    • the brow of a precipice
  • (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay.
  • (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp.
  • An eyebrow.
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis not your inky brows , your black silk hair.

    Derived terms

    * beetle-browed * eyebrow

    Synonyms

    * forehead

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
  • * Milton
    • Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts / That brow this bottom glade.