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forehead

[ fawr-id, for-; fawr-hed, for- ]

noun

  1. the part of the face above the eyebrows; brow.
  2. the fore or front part of anything.


forehead

/ ˈfɔːˌhɛd; ˈfɒrɪd /

noun

  1. the part of the face between the natural hairline and the eyes, formed skeletally by the frontal bone of the skull; brow frontal
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of forehead1

before 1000; Middle English forehe ( v ) ed, Old English ڴǰŧڴǻ. See fore-, head
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of forehead1

Old English ڴǰŧڴǻ ; related to Old Frisian ڴǰڻ , Middle Low German ǰō
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A picture of him in court appeared to show bruises on his forehead and there have been allegations of torture, denied by Azerbaijan which insists his rights have been respected in custody.

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The footage also shows a trickle of clotting blood on his forehead before panning to the shirtless crew member and co-pilot, who had also been in injured.

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I also love it when I see drunk men who’ve fallen asleep on a train and their friends have written something on their foreheads.

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“Disney is now the most storied brand in America; if you are that, you have a target on your forehead,” said Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts.

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On one of their phones, police recovered a photograph of Andrew Roberts with a serious burn to his forehead.

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