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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɹaʊ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-brow.ogg Forms: brows [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь (brovʹ), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|browe}} Middle English browe, {{inh|en|ang|brū}} Old English brū, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*brāwu}} Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*brūwō}} Proto-Germanic *brūwō, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₃bʰrúHs|t=brow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”), {{cog|mga|brúad}} Middle Irish brúad, {{cog|txb|pärwāne|t=eyebrows}} Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), {{cog|lt|bruvìs}} Lithuanian bruvìs, {{cog|sh|obrva}} Serbo-Croatian obrva, {{cog|ru|бровь}} Russian бровь (brovʹ), {{cog|grc|ὀφρύς}} Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), {{cog|sa|भ्रू}} Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), {{cog|fa|ابرو|t=eyebrow|tr=abru}} Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), {{cog|khw|بروُ|tr=bruú}} Khowar بروُ (bruú) Head templates: {{en-noun}} brow (plural brows)
  1. The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow.
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-JSeyfTyu
  2. The first tine of an antler's beam. Translations (first tine of an antler's beam): andouiller d’œil [masculine] (French), maître andouiller [masculine] (French), andouiller de massacre [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-yOdmrcSk Disambiguation of "first tine of an antler's beam": 1 94 0 1 1 2 1 1
  3. The forehead.
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-7sHhswtL
  4. The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill. Translations (the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill): надвиснала скала (nadvisnala skala) (Bulgarian), reuna (Finnish), kieleke (Finnish), mala [feminine] (Irish), ciglio [masculine] (Italian), orlo [masculine] (Italian), cima [feminine] (Italian), supercilium (Latin), taumata (Maori), kāniuniu (Maori), Launtrigjen [masculine] (Plautdietsch), pico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-zdtcu7~H Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill': 1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1
  5. (mining) A gallery in a coal mine running across the face of the coal. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-VM7c2xsL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 2 5 31 19 4 33 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 3 1 4 28 26 3 29 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 1 3 34 18 2 35 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 3 2 5 18 33 3 30 3 Topics: business, mining
  6. (figurative) Aspect; appearance. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-eeT3ycwS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Woiwurrung translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 2 5 31 19 4 33 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 3 1 4 28 26 3 29 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 1 3 34 18 2 35 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 3 4 2 5 18 36 4 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 3 2 5 18 33 3 30 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 3 1 4 18 34 4 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 3 2 1 3 21 38 2 27 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 4 2 5 18 34 6 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 3 1 4 20 37 3 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 3 3 1 4 20 37 3 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 4 2 6 19 35 4 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 2 1 1 2 17 43 2 31 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 3 1 10 17 38 4 23 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 3 1 4 20 37 3 26 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Woiwurrung translations: 2 2 1 3 23 36 2 28 2
  7. (nautical) The gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay): сходня (shodnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), laskusilta (Finnish), passerella da sbarco (Italian), трап (trap) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-Wh3nkbCp Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'the gangway from ship to shore when a ship is lying alongside a quay': 1 1 0 1 1 2 92 2
  8. (nautical) The hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp): ramppi (Finnish), passerella da sbarco (Italian)
    Sense id: en-brow-en-noun-iQuSFYG9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 1 2 5 31 19 4 33 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 3 1 3 20 20 3 43 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 3 3 1 4 28 26 3 29 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 1 3 34 18 2 35 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 3 2 5 18 33 3 30 3 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'the hinged part of a landing craft or ferry which is lowered to form a landing platform; a ramp': 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forehead

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɹaʊ/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-brow.ogg Forms: brows [present, singular, third-person], browing [participle, present], browed [participle, past], browed [past]
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Compare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь (brovʹ), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|browe}} Middle English browe, {{inh|en|ang|brū}} Old English brū, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*brāwu}} Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*brūwō}} Proto-Germanic *brūwō, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*h₃bʰrúHs|t=brow}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”), {{cog|mga|brúad}} Middle Irish brúad, {{cog|txb|pärwāne|t=eyebrows}} Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), {{cog|lt|bruvìs}} Lithuanian bruvìs, {{cog|sh|obrva}} Serbo-Croatian obrva, {{cog|ru|бровь}} Russian бровь (brovʹ), {{cog|grc|ὀφρύς}} Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), {{cog|sa|भ्रू}} Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū), {{cog|fa|ابرو|t=eyebrow|tr=abru}} Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), {{cog|khw|بروُ|tr=bruú}} Khowar بروُ (bruú) Head templates: {{en-verb}} brow (third-person singular simple present brows, present participle browing, simple past and past participle browed)
  1. To bound or limit; to be at, or form, the edge of.
    Sense id: en-brow-en-verb-BJFvIbtl

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} brow
  1. Alternative form of browe Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: browe
    Sense id: en-brow-enm-noun-A2lo6lp- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Norn]

Etymology: From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Compare Shetlandic brau. Etymology templates: {{der|nrn|non|brauð}} Old Norse brauð, {{der|nrn|gem-pro|*braudą}} Proto-Germanic *braudą Head templates: {{head|nrn|noun}} brow
  1. (Orkney) bread Tags: Orkney

Adjective [Plautdietsch]

Head templates: {{head|pdt|adjective}} brow
  1. brave, audacious, daring, courageous, dauntless, intrepid
    Sense id: en-brow-pdt-adj-BKCgkP0c Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beetle brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "beetle-browed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Berry Brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "bibrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brow-antlered deer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browband"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browbeat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brow-beat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browbeaten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browbone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browbound"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browful"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browlift"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browline"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browplasty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brow ridge"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "browspot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Dobb Brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eye brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eyebrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "highbrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "low-brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lowbrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "medium-brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "midbrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "middlebrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "monobrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "no-brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "overbrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Scouse brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sweat of one's brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sweat of the brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "underbrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unibrow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Weatherby brow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "15 2 22 6 16 15 4 19",
      "sense": "brow-level browsing",
      "word": "browsing room"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "browe"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English browe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "brū"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English brū",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*brāwu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *brāwu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*brūwō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *brūwō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃bʰrúHs",
        "t": "brow"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "brúad"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish brúad",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "pärwāne",
        "t": "eyebrows"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "bruvìs"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian bruvìs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "obrva"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian obrva",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "бровь"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian бровь (brovʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὀφρύς"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "भ्रू"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ابرو",
        "t": "eyebrow",
        "tr": "abru"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "khw",
        "2": "بروُ",
        "tr": "bruú"
      },
      "expansion": "Khowar بروُ (bruú)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”).\nCompare Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvìs, Serbo-Croatian obrva, Russian бровь (brovʹ), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brows",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "brow (plural brows)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:",
          "text": "’Tis not your inky brows, your black silk hair, / Your bugle eyeballs, nor your cheek of cream / That can entame my spirits to your worship.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1763, Charles Churchill, The Ghost:",
          "text": "And his arch’d brow, pulled o’er his eyes, / With solemn proof proclaims him wise.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ridge over the eyes; the eyebrow."
      ],
      "id": "en-brow-en-noun-JSeyfTyu",
      "links": [
        [
          "ridge",
          "ridge"
        ],
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ],
        [
          "eyebrow",
          "eyebrow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The first tine of an antler's beam."
      ],
      "id": "en-brow-en-noun-yOdmrcSk",
      "links": [
        [
          "tine",
          "tine"
        ],
        [
          "antler",
          "antler"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 1 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "first tine of an antler's beam",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "andouiller d’œil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 1 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "first tine of an antler's beam",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maître andouiller"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 0 1 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "first tine of an antler's beam",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "andouiller de massacre"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:",
          "text": "Thy spirit within thee hath been so at war,\nAnd thus hath so bestirr’d thee in thy sleep,\nThat beads of sweat have stood upon thy brow\nLike bubbles in a late-disturb’d stream,[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:",
          "text": "Mr. Banks’ panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The forehead."
      ],
      "id": "en-brow-en-noun-7sHhswtL",
      "links": [
        [
          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "English terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the brow of a precipice",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill."
      ],
      "id": "en-brow-en-noun-zdtcu7~H",
      "links": [
        [
          "projecting",
          "projecting"
        ],
        [
          "upper",
          "upper"
        ],
        [
          "edge",
          "edge"
        ],
        [
          "steep",
          "steep"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ],
        [
          "hill",
          "hill"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nadvisnala skala",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "word": "надвиснала скала"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "word": "reuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "word": "kieleke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ciglio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "orlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "word": "supercilium"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "word": "taumata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "word": "kāniuniu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 92 1 2 1 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "the projecting upper edge of a steep place such as a hill",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Launtrigjen"
        },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e6/En-us-brow.ogg/En-us-brow.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/En-us-brow.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "browe"
        }
      ],
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        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "Alternative form of browe"
      ],
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        [
          "browe",
          "browe#Middle_English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brow"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrn",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "brauð"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse brauð",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nrn",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*braudą"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse brauð, from Proto-Germanic *braudą. Compare Shetlandic brau.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "brow",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norn",
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        "Norn links with redundant wikilinks",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        "bread"
      ],
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          "bread"
        ]
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        "(Orkney) bread"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "2": "adjective"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Plautdietsch",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Plautdietsch 1-syllable words",
        "Plautdietsch adjectives",
        "Plautdietsch entries with incorrect language header",
        "Plautdietsch lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "brave, audacious, daring, courageous, dauntless, intrepid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "brave",
          "brave"
        ],
        [
          "audacious",
          "audacious"
        ],
        [
          "daring",
          "daring"
        ],
        [
          "courageous",
          "courageous"
        ],
        [
          "dauntless",
          "dauntless"
        ],
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          "intrepid",
          "intrepid"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brow"
}

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