forehead
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- noun
- /ˈfɔːrˌhɛd/
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frente
- He just has this little bump on his forehead.
- cheeks and forehead
- chin and forehead
- nose and forehead
I have a big forehead and small lips.
- I have a big forehead and small lips.
- Botox between my brows and my whole forehead and then my lips.
- Their eyes are bright and their forehead is relaxed.
- OK, my man's forehead the size of Alabama.
- The top centre of your forehead here where the hair root starts.
- It's going to be hard to contour this forehead with my hair, honey.
- And then we did the forehead area pretty intensely.
Examples
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Their eyes are bright and their forehead is relaxed.
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We're going to go along the forehead again outwards.
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The top centre of your forehead here where the hair root starts.
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I make the sign of the cross on her forehead and chest.
Academic text (2011) -
You have a lot of lines on your forehead and wrinkles.
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Nina was looking out at the snow, her forehead pressed against the cold glass.
Fiction book (1990) -
I've glued my hair to my forehead, actually.
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She wiped the sweat from her forehead after finishing the race.
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He frowned as he touched the bruise on his forehead.
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The baby giggled as her mother kissed her soft forehead.
Synonyms
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The area of the face above the eyes, including the forehead
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word forehead is made from fore- meaning 'front' or 'before' and head meaning 'head', so it literally names the front part of your head. This is why forehead today means the area above your eyes and below your hairline.