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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.
      1913 webster
see also:
bray bridge to bend the brow to knit the brows 

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