Forehead
noun
The part of the face above the eyes.
She has a high forehead.
Often appears as...
- high forehead
- broad forehead
noun
The ability or willingness to face danger or trouble.
He showed a lot of forehead when he stood up to the bully.
Often appears as...
- show forehead
- have forehead
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
A mark or feature on a person's forehead symbolizing something.
The ash on the forehead of Catholics on Ash Wednesday.
Often appears as...
- mark on forehead
- ash on forehead
Usage tips
Religious
noun
The part of the face above the eyes.
She has a high forehead.
Often appears as...
- high forehead
- broad forehead
noun
The ability or willingness to face danger or trouble.
He showed a lot of forehead when he stood up to the bully.
Often appears as...
- show forehead
- have forehead
Usage tips
Informal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
A mark or feature on a person's forehead symbolizing something.
The ash on the forehead of Catholics on Ash Wednesday.
Often appears as...
- mark on forehead
- ash on forehead
Usage tips
Religious
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Often used to describe someone’s physical appearance, especially in literature.
Her delicate features were framed by a slender forehead.
Pro Tip 2/3Adjective Combinations
Pair 'forehead' with adjectives that indicate its shape, size, or wrinkles to add detail.
He ran his fingers over his wrinkled forehead thoughtfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Expressions
Used to describe physical reactions to emotions like worry or concentration.
Her forehead creased in worry as she read the letter.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Often used to describe someone’s physical appearance, especially in literature.
Her delicate features were framed by a slender forehead.
Pro Tip 2/3Adjective Combinations
Pair 'forehead' with adjectives that indicate its shape, size, or wrinkles to add detail.
He ran his fingers over his wrinkled forehead thoughtfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Expressions
Used to describe physical reactions to emotions like worry or concentration.
Her forehead creased in worry as she read the letter.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Often used to describe someone’s physical appearance, especially in literature.
Her delicate features were framed by a slender forehead.
Pro Tip 2/3Adjective Combinations
Pair 'forehead' with adjectives that indicate its shape, size, or wrinkles to add detail.
He ran his fingers over his wrinkled forehead thoughtfully.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Expressions
Used to describe physical reactions to emotions like worry or concentration.
Her forehead creased in worry as she read the letter.
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How whales breathe,...
so this animal is using sonar to see its world in sound. Trying to understand how this works, you have to look at it as if you were looking at the amplifier speakers of a sound system. The small-toothed whales are basically the "tweeters," and the sound is coming from that little nose that's moving back and forth and coming out of their forehead.
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Wendy Suzuki: The...
and it's another to see it. So here is a real preserved human brain. And it's going to illustrate two key areas that we are going to talk about today. The first is the prefrontal cortex, right behind your forehead, critical for things like decision-making, focus, attention and your personality.
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Why Having Fun Is the...
and interact with other human beings in real life. So I want to assure you that it is worth it, and it is not as hard as it might seem. So here's how you do it. You start by making eye contact with someone. Like, look them in the eye, don't look in the middle of their forehead,
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What baby boomers can...
we're actually working later into life, and yet we're feeling less and less relevant. Some of us feel like a carton of milk -- an old carton of milk -- with an expiration date stamped on our wrinkled foreheads. For many of us in midlife, this isn't just a feeling,
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My journey from Marine...
And it's just me and janitor man. And I pick him up, and I wipe sweat and cheap perfume off his forehead. And he begs me not to hurt him and I grab him tight by his janitor-man shirt collar, and I pull him to my face and he's taller than me but the cape helps,
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Are Mites Having Sex on...
they seem to be really concentrated on your face and they were originally collected from foreheads so they got coined that even though they could live in a lot of other areas the lifecycle of the mites is about 14 days and it's
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James Balog: Time-lapse...
If everybody in the developed world understood this graph, and emblazoned it on the inside of their foreheads, there would be no further societal argument about climate change because this is the story that counts.
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4 simple ways to have a...
them from to stop muscle spasms and the patient asked why didn't you inject my forehead Jean said you don't have spasms there the patient said I know but every time you inject my forehead I get this
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Orangutan Recognises...
and she instantly recognized the spot on her forehead, and that's exactly what you would expect. Now, that's something that a two-year-old simply can't do. So if young humans can't do it,
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Why should you read...
A high forehead topped by disheveled black hair, a sickly pallor, and a look of deep intelligence and deeper exhaustion
Video examples
How whales breathe,...
so this animal is using sonar to see its world in sound. Trying to understand how this works, you have to look at it as if you were looking at the amplifier speakers of a sound system. The small-toothed whales are basically the "tweeters," and the sound is coming from that little nose that's moving back and forth and coming out of their forehead.
Video examples
Wendy Suzuki: The...
and it's another to see it. So here is a real preserved human brain. And it's going to illustrate two key areas that we are going to talk about today. The first is the prefrontal cortex, right behind your forehead, critical for things like decision-making, focus, attention and your personality.
Video examples
Why Having Fun Is the...
and interact with other human beings in real life. So I want to assure you that it is worth it, and it is not as hard as it might seem. So here's how you do it. You start by making eye contact with someone. Like, look them in the eye, don't look in the middle of their forehead,
Video examples
What baby boomers can...
we're actually working later into life, and yet we're feeling less and less relevant. Some of us feel like a carton of milk -- an old carton of milk -- with an expiration date stamped on our wrinkled foreheads. For many of us in midlife, this isn't just a feeling,
Video examples
My journey from Marine...
And it's just me and janitor man. And I pick him up, and I wipe sweat and cheap perfume off his forehead. And he begs me not to hurt him and I grab him tight by his janitor-man shirt collar, and I pull him to my face and he's taller than me but the cape helps,
Video examples
Are Mites Having Sex on...
they seem to be really concentrated on your face and they were originally collected from foreheads so they got coined that even though they could live in a lot of other areas the lifecycle of the mites is about 14 days and it's
Video examples
James Balog: Time-lapse...
If everybody in the developed world understood this graph, and emblazoned it on the inside of their foreheads, there would be no further societal argument about climate change because this is the story that counts.
Video examples
4 simple ways to have a...
them from to stop muscle spasms and the patient asked why didn't you inject my forehead Jean said you don't have spasms there the patient said I know but every time you inject my forehead I get this
Video examples
Orangutan Recognises...
and she instantly recognized the spot on her forehead, and that's exactly what you would expect. Now, that's something that a two-year-old simply can't do. So if young humans can't do it,
Video examples
Why should you read...
A high forehead topped by disheveled black hair, a sickly pallor, and a look of deep intelligence and deeper exhaustion
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Quote examples
Faith Hill
American Musician
I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
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Nia Jax
Australian Athlete
That's something I've dealt with my whole life, people making fun of me and my size. Everything from having a huge forehead to the size of my feet, and not being able to wear the same size shoes as my friends, definitely.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
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Andreja Pejic
Australian Model
Perhaps if I was in a different profession, I wouldn't have worn 'trans' on my forehead. But there's a difference between not wanting to make a big deal out of something and fearing the effect it will have on my life.
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Shimon Peres
Israeli Statesman
I knew that the most important thing a man has is in his head, and from a young age, I often studied the head structure of each person, hoping to crack his codes. I considered a high forehead a gift from God.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!
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Shelley Long
American Actress
I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works.
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James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
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Mandira Bedi
Indian Actress
I have got lines on my forehead, so be it, the laugh lines add to my personality.
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Kathleen Turner
American Actress
I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.
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Faith Hill
American Musician
I have had wrinkles on my forehead and my smile line since I was a kid. I see them in my own kids. I know what they're going to look like. So it's kind of like that's my personality. I feel the older you get, too, the more confident you become just in your own skin.
Quote examples
Nia Jax
Australian Athlete
That's something I've dealt with my whole life, people making fun of me and my size. Everything from having a huge forehead to the size of my feet, and not being able to wear the same size shoes as my friends, definitely.
Quote examples
Thomas Jefferson
American President
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
Quote examples
Andreja Pejic
Australian Model
Perhaps if I was in a different profession, I wouldn't have worn 'trans' on my forehead. But there's a difference between not wanting to make a big deal out of something and fearing the effect it will have on my life.
Quote examples
Shimon Peres
Israeli Statesman
I knew that the most important thing a man has is in his head, and from a young age, I often studied the head structure of each person, hoping to crack his codes. I considered a high forehead a gift from God.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, 'Fine,' but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, 'What a horror!
Quote examples
Shelley Long
American Actress
I've helped people get rid of headaches by placing my hand on their forehead, and backaches by placing my hand on their back. It's a powerful example of love that really works.
Quote examples
James Joyce
Irish Novelist
Your battles inspired me - not the obvious material battles but those that were fought and won behind your forehead.
Quote examples
Mandira Bedi
Indian Actress
I have got lines on my forehead, so be it, the laugh lines add to my personality.
Quote examples
Kathleen Turner
American Actress
I do not admire young actresses whose foreheads cannot move.
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