noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
plant a kiss on sb's cheek/forehead etc (= to kiss someone on their cheek etc )
▪
Stephen planted a kiss on his daughter’s forehead.
rub your nose/chin/eyes/forehead etc
▪
She yawned and rubbed her eyes.
sweat stands out on sb's forehead (= there are drops of sweat on sb's forehead )
▪
Sweat stood out on Ian's forehead.
wipe the sweat from your brow/forehead
▪
He wiped the sweat from his brow and carried on digging.
wrinkled...forehead
▪
Carter wrinkled his forehead in concentration.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
▪
A round face with a high forehead , blue eyes, short straight nose, a mantle of shining, fair hair.
▪
One fellow with a high forehead and Iank shoulder-length hair sang some poems, accompanying himself on the guitar.
▪
Her high forehead was knit in concentration as she listened to the the litigator.
▪
BDe Mori is a handsome man with light blue eyes and a high , aristocratic forehead .
▪
Her oval face with its large dark eyes and high forehead was set on a long, graceful neck.
▪
He was tall and skinny, with a high bald forehead and a mantle of long hair half way down his back.
white
▪
Immature lacks white forehead and eye-ring.
▪
It also differs from the more numerous Forster's in having a yellow bill and white forehead .
▪
One whale suffered from ` a peculiar snow-\#white wrinkled forehead ...
▪
Both are dark-backed, white-bodied terns with dark caps and a white forehead .
▪
Coots are the only all-black waterfowl with a conspicuous white forehead and bill, dumpier than most ducks; legs green.
▪
Redstarts flicked long chestnut tails and flashed white foreheads as they chased in and out of the branches.
▪
Immatures have paler markings on upperparts, white forehead and reddish legs.
▪
Noddies have a dark body with a white forehead or cap.
wide
▪
There were lines of concentration across his wide , high forehead , and lines of sadness around his mouth.
■ VERB
fall
▪
Somehow she had disturbed his hair, and it fell boyishly over his forehead .
▪
He was absorbed in eating, and his blond, straight hair fell forward over his forehead .
▪
He looked up at her through the hair falling over his forehead , black against the bandages.
▪
His Straight brown hair fell half-combed across his forehead , and his clothes were clean but rumpled.
▪
His fair hair was parted on one side, and a lock of it fell across his forehead .
▪
And he was dressed only in faded jeans, his torso quite bare, his dark curly hair falling over his forehead .
feel
▪
He got up, crossed to the boy, and felt his forehead .
▪
He calculated furiously and felt his forehead grow slick with sweat.
▪
Mum felt my forehead and gave me a worried cuddle.
▪
I felt my forehead and it seemed to be warm.
▪
She didn't feel him bathe her forehead or moisten her lips from time to time.
▪
I reached out to feel your forehead , but you burned so hot I could not touch you with my bare hands.
▪
Jess put down the lanthorn and felt his forehead .
▪
Brown felt the forehead and opened the eyelids.
kiss
▪
Her sons kissed her on the forehead .
▪
I kissed her forehead and her cheeks, her hair and her throat.
▪
The rain fell silently and invisibly, kissing his scarred forehead .
▪
She cradled his head in her hands and kissed him on the forehead .
▪
He pulled her to him, stroking her hair and kissing her forehead .
▪
Then he kissed my forehead and quietly slipped out of the room.
▪
Regretfully he kissed her forehead , extracted himself from her embrace and sent her on her way to a virtuous bed.
▪
She kissed her forehead , tasting the saltiness of her skin with the tip of her tongue.
press
▪
At the window she pressed her forehead against the cold glass.
▪
He pressed his forehead against the glass and stared down.
▪
She pressed her forehead against the cool glass and for two minutes she did not move.
▪
Other days, she would draw the curtains in their room and lie in bed with a cloth pressed to her forehead .
▪
Something cool and damp was pressed to her forehead .
▪
An intolerable weight seemed to press on her forehead and slowly she slid into sleep.
▪
Then, almost calm, pressed his forehead against the iron bars of his prison.
▪
She pressed her forehead against the glass of the window, a flag of thick dark-brown hair hanging down her back.
rest
▪
She rested a damp forehead on her hand.
▪
She doubled up in pain, and rested her forehead on the carpeted floor.
▪
She bowed her head, resting her forehead against the fence.
▪
She leaned against the window, resting her forehead on the glass, enjoying its cool smoothness.
▪
She rested her forehead against his shoulder.
▪
She leaned against the steering-wheel, resting her forehead on her folded arms.
▪
She stopped and rested her forehead against the cold metal walls of the corridor.
rub
▪
Boltwood rubbed a little on the forehead of a four year-old who immune system was severely depressed.
▪
He rubbed his forehead , a look of dismay on his face that Rob had never seen there before.
▪
Craig rubbed at his forehead in a mingling of anger and despair.
▪
Then he rubbed his forehead . ` Sorry.
slap
▪
You could almost hear Slobodan Milosevic slapping his forehead: Oh, so that's how it's done.
stroke
▪
She stroked Anna's forehead , as much to quieten her own resentment as to soothe Anna.
▪
He sat on the stool at the head of the bed and stroked my forehead and my hair.
▪
I stroke Timmy's forehead more and more lightly, until I am stroking empty air.
▪
She would get really worried and stroke my forehead and plead with me not to talk about dying.
tap
▪
Shaker gave a loose salute, and the grinning ensign tapped his forehead with a finger.
touch
▪
Then he bowed low, touching his forehead almost to the board.
▪
My lips have touched thy forehead , once.
▪
She dipped her thumb into the bowl and then touched Sigarup's forehead , marking a yellow between his eyes.
▪
Swing your right knee toward the front, so that it almost touches your forehead .
▪
The end of the lash just touched her forehead .
▪
Tipping himself forwards, he touched his forehead to the tile and kicked into the air.
▪
Agnes touched her forehead , and drew her hand back sharply. ` She's burning up!
▪
She went back to the bed and touched her grandmother's forehead with the handkerchief.
wipe
▪
I pulled it off gently, so as not to wake him, moistened a handkerchief with cologne and wiped his forehead .
▪
When the man did not stop to spit or wipe his forehead , each row took him approximately two minutes.
▪
He pushed the pad aside, took a sip of orange juice, wiped his forehead , and went on typing.
▪
You wipe your forehead , and feel the moisture on the palm of your hand-you wipe your hand on your pants.
▪
Shelley wiped her forehead , and soothed her.
▪
He wiped his forehead with his handkerchief before placing it back on his neck.
▪
I leaned across his wife and wiped his forehead with my handkerchief.
▪
At one end of the lawn, the gardener wiped his forehead , turned the mower around and began a new row.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
peck sb on the cheek/forehead etc
▪
He pecked her on the cheek.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪
Estes' forehead brushed the live wire.
▪
He pushed the pad aside, took a sip of orange juice, wiped his forehead , and went on typing.
▪
His black hair was tousled, blown by the wind, shining strands of it across his brown forehead .
▪
I kissed her forehead and her cheeks, her hair and her throat.
▪
I pulled it off gently, so as not to wake him, moistened a handkerchief with cologne and wiped his forehead .
▪
Joe stood at five feet, nine inches, and his hair was receding markedly from his forehead .
▪
Their faces are split by blue scars down the forehead and nose.