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overbrows

overbrows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overbrow.

Meaning of overbrow

Verb

overbrow (third-person singular simple present overbrows, present participle overbrowing, simple past and past participle overbrowed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To hang over like a brow; to impend over.
    • The prints of the Matlock cliffs on the Derwent, which every body has seen, will give the stranger some idea of the rocks which overbrow the partially wooded ravines, and glens down which the streams tributary to the Dove descend.1836, A. K. Killmister, The Oakleigh Shooting Code, page vii

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Questions about overbrows

What is overbrows the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overbrows is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overbrow.

Words near overbrows in the dictionary

  1. overbrowing
  2. overbrown
  3. overbrowned
  4. overbrowning
  5. overbrowns
  6. overbrows
  7. overbrowse
  8. overbrowsed
  9. overbrowses
  10. overbrowsing
  11. overbrush

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