Obsolete words are often found in the literature. For example, an eye, a shuytsa, a right hand, a brow, a finger, a mouth, a lanita, a howl, an eye. All these are the names of body parts. In this article, we’ll talk about the meaning of the word brow. In addition, we clarify its morphological characteristics and select the equivalent of modern vocabulary.
Meaning of the word brow
The meanings of obsolete words can be found in special explanatory dictionaries, if the need arises.
The brow is the upper part of the face, that is, the forehead.
The portable meanings of the word “brow” are two: a hole in the furnace into which fuel is thrown and an entrance to the den.
For instance:
- "You would, Annushka, go to the noblewoman, hit your forehead and beg her for forgiveness."
- "The forehead gaped in a dark, cold hole."
- "Walk carefully through the forest, here you can stumble on the brow of a den."
Phonetic and morphological characteristics of the word
What else should be learned, besides the meaning of the word "person"?
It has an equal number of letters and sounds - four. Of these, two sounds are vowels and two are consonants. Consequently, the noun can be divided into two syllables: man. The stress falls on the second syllable. In the plural (chela), the stress falls on the first syllable.
"Man" is a common noun and inanimate noun of the middle gender. Like all declined nouns of the middle gender, it belongs to the second declension and, accordingly, varies in cases and numbers.
Phrases with the word
What could be a person, that is, a forehead? Tall, white, light, dark, broken, wrinkled, smooth, dry, old, young, childish, broad, beautiful.
Brow: synonyms of the word
The closest in meaning to the noun "person" are the following words:
- Forehead. "Prokhor stumbled and hit his forehead against a door jamb."
- Entrance. "The hunters did not immediately notice the entrance to the bear den."
- Aperture. "From the opening in the smelter was blazing hot."
- Hole. "The hole in the oven was too small; it should be redone."