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Definitions for forehead
ˈfɔr ɪd, ˈfɒr-; ˈfɔrˌhɛd, ˈfɒr-fore·head

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brow, foreheadnoun

    the part of the face above the eyes

  2. frontal bone, os frontale, foreheadnoun

    the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits

Wiktionary

  1. foreheadnoun

    The part of the face above the eyebrows and below the hairline.

  2. Etymology: forheafod, corresponding to fore- + head.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Foreheadnoun

    Etymology: fore and head.

    The breast of Hecuba,
    When she did suckle Hector, look’d not lovelier
    Than Hector’s forehead, when it spit forth blood
    At Grecian swords contending. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    Some angel copy’d, while I slept, each grace,
    And molded ev’ry feature from my face:
    Such majesty does from her forehead rise,
    Her cheeks such blushes cast, such rays her eyes. Dryden.

    A man of confidence presseth forward upon every appearance of advantage, and thinks nothing above his management or his merit: where his force is too feeble, he prevails by dint of impudence: these men of forehead are magnificent in promises, and infallible in their prescriptions. Collier.

    I would fain know to what branch of the legislature they can have the forehead to apply. Jonathan Swift, Presbyterian Plea.

Wikipedia

  1. Forehead

    In human anatomy, the forehead is an area of the head bounded by three features, two of the skull and one of the scalp. The top of the forehead is marked by the hairline, the edge of the area where hair on the scalp grows. The bottom of the forehead is marked by the supraorbital ridge, the bone feature of the skull above the eyes. The two sides of the forehead are marked by the temporal ridge, a bone feature that links the supraorbital ridge to the coronal suture line and beyond. However, the eyebrows do not form part of the forehead. In Terminologia Anatomica, sinciput is given as the Latin equivalent to "forehead". (Etymology of sinciput: from semi- "half" + caput "head".)

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foreheadnoun

    the front of that part of the head which incloses the brain; that part of the face above the eyes; the brow

  2. Foreheadnoun

    the aspect or countenance; assurance

  3. Foreheadnoun

    the front or fore part of anything

Freebase

  1. Forehead

    In human anatomy, the forehead is the fore part of the head. It is, formally, an area of the head bounded by three features, two of the skull and one of the scalp. The top of the forehead is marked by the hairline, the edge of the area where hair on the scalp grows. The bottom of the forehead is marked by the supraorbital ridge, the bone feature of the skull above the eyes. The two sides of the forehead are marked by the temporal ridge, a bone feature that links the supraorbital ridge to the coronal suture line and beyond.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Forehead

    fōr′hed, n. the forepart of the head above the eyes, the brow: confidence, audacity.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. forehead

    1. The facade of a cosmic bagnio. 2. A screen that hides the obscene. 3. The ramparts of a portable Bastile.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Forehead

    The part of the face above the eyes.

Editors Contribution

  1. forehead

    A facet of the head.

    The forehead is where we tend to put our hands often.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Entomology

  1. Forehead

    in Mallophaga, the head in front of the mandibles and antennae.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'forehead' in Nouns Frequency: #2443

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of forehead in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of forehead in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of forehead in a Sentence

  1. P. G. Wodehouse:

    Henry glanced hastily at the mirror. Yes, he did look rather old. He must have overdone some of the lines on his forehead. He looked something between a youngish centenarian and a nonagenarian who had seen a good deal of trouble.

  2. Mickey Mehta:

    Joy is like sandalwood paste(chandan), each time you apply it to someone's forehead, your own being gets fragrant with it. So touch everyone's life with happiness and let your joy be maximized, get MickeyMized"" Share this and fill this world with billions of smiles.

  3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

    We don't point a pistol at our own forehead. That is not the way to conduct negotiations.

  4. Claudio Giacobazzi:

    Given we decided more or less voluntarily to subscribe in a very substantial way to Banco Popolare's capital increase, they arrived with a 9-milimetre and they pointed it at my forehead and told me,' sign here'.

  5. Jimmy Carter:

    I fell down and hit my forehead on a sharp edge and had to go to the hospital. And they took 14 stitches in my forehead and my eye is black, as Deanna Congileo've noticed. But I had a number one priority and that was to come to Nashville and build houses.

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