Found 2 hits - Term: to bend the brow, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bend \bend\, v. t. imp. p. p. bended or bent; p. pr.
vb. n. bending. as. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,
bond, fr. bindan to bind. see bind, v. t., and cf. 3d 4th
bend.
1. to strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for
use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend
the knee.
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2. to turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
"bend thine ear to supplication." --milton.
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towards coventry bend we our course. --shak.
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bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --sir w.
scott.
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3. to apply closely or with interest; to direct.
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to bend his mind to any public business. --temple.
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but when to mischief mortals bend their will.
--pope.
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4. to cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
"except she bend her humor." --shak.
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5. naut. to fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to
its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
--totten.
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to bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or
in anger; to scowl; to frown. --camden.
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syn: to lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
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see also:
bended bent bending bind bend to bend the brow
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brow \brow\ brou, n. oe. browe, bruwe, as. br=u; akin to
as. br=aew, bre'aw, eyelid, ofries. br=e, d. braauw,
icel. br=a, br=un, ohg. pr=awa, g. braue, oslav.
bru^vi^, russ. brove, ir. brai, ir. gael. abhra, armor.
abrant, gr. 'ofry`s, skr. bhr=u. cf. bray a bank,
bridge.
1. the prominent ridge over the eye, with the hair that
covers it, forming an arch above the orbit.
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and his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes,
with solemn proof proclaims him wise. --churchill.
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2. the hair that covers the brow ridge over the eyes; the
eyebrow.
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't is not your inky brows, your brack silk hair.
--shak.
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3. the forehead; as, a feverish brow.
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beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow. --shak.
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4. the general air of the countenance.
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to whom thus satan with contemptuous brow. --milton.
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he told them with a masterly brow. --milton.
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5. the edge or projecting upper part of a steep place; as,
the brow of a precipice; the brow of a hill.
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to bend the brow, to knit the brows, to frown; to scowl.
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see also:
bray bridge to bend the brow to knit the brows
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