(n.) A woman; especially, a Dutch or German woman.
(n.) A dirty woman; a slattern.
(n.) A cleaving tool with handle at right angles to the blade, for splitting cask staves and shingles from the block; a frower.
(a.) Brittle.
Example Sentences:
(1) Frow added that the victory, which saw Channel 5 trump its rival across a week in terms of total share for the first time since it launched in 1997, was not something he would dwell on.
(2) Frow responded to comments made by Jay Hunt , Channel 4's chief creative officer, who implied that Channel 5's victory in a week of ratings was down to manipulated figures.
(3) "I'm not particularly confused as far as I'm concerned we all follow the same data and the same process," said Frow, speaking at the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival .
(4) Frow, who returned for a second career stint at Channel 5 when he started as director of programmes in February , voiced concern that the channel is not treated with the respect it deserves by production companies.
(5) Channel 5 controller Ben Frow has defended his ratings win over rival Channel 4 , adding that there needs to be a rethink over the view that his channel is an "also-ran".
(6) This frow is likely to be on-message, reflecting the capital's dressup diversity.
(7) Ms Dinnage's departure followed that of controller of features and entertainment, Ben Frow, who has joined Irish commercial TV network TV3 as head of programming.
(8) New York fashion week: notes from the frow Read more Still, it was Lauren’s own appearance at the end of the show that caused the most delight.
(9) Tiffany could be poised for a comeback Harper Beckham on the frow wearing a Tiffany necklace.
(10) Frow, who was controller of features and entertainment at the broadcaster between 2004 and 2007, added: "Channel 5 is in a very good place, it is not like it is a channel in the gutter.
(11) Ben Frow, our new director of programmes, is very clear in his vision.
(12) With a pair of shoes this totally Fashion, so the frow logic goes, the rest of any outfit can be almost nothing at all.
Frown
Definition:
(v. i.) To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly look.
(v. i.) To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society frowns upon rudeness.
(v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence.
(n.) A wrinkling of the face in displeasure, rebuke, etc.; a sour, severe, or stere look; a scowl.
(n.) Any expression of displeasure; as, the frowns of Providence; the frowns of Fortune.
Example Sentences:
(1) The BBC traditionally frowns on its presenters, especially those in BBC News, using columns to comment on news and current affairs.
(2) As soon as I called them and was like, 'Hey guys, it's OK, I'm not smoking meth or anything,' it was OK." He adds, frowning: "I don't really know why it happened… My girlfriend told me everyone had been saying, [he puts on a sulky voice] 'Man, Mac's shows aren't crazy any more.'
(3) Indeed, such parochialism would be downright frowned upon by today's World Cup mentality, considering that both the official anthem and slogan this time round is the typically Fifa-ishly nonsensical, and distinctly Benetton-esque, "We Are One".
(4) By then Wenger's frown lines had deepened in the wake of some heavy limping on Mikel Arteta's part.
(5) The result is that society places a high value on conformity and expressions of individuality are frowned upon; there is a strong emphasis on upholding social “norms” and keeping up appearances – in public if not necessarily in private.
(6) They’re re-education centres for those who’ve lost their way.” Viktor frowns: “Why are you so interested in gulags?
(7) His bastard Ramsay has shown his colors (whatever color is for sadism), but Roose – who abstains from alcohol and only offers a smirk at Lady Stark here, a frown with Jaime Lannister there – is still a cypher.
(8) But I hadn’t realised until relatively late in my obsession how other fellow non-U-ers frowned on it too.
(9) The sale or production of pornography in India remains illegal and taboo, and sex outside marriage is frowned upon.
(10) Working with both hands and frowning at the monitor, Pring reduces the size of her stomach by 90% by creating a “stomach pouch”, a stapled-off part the size of an egg.
(11) Even without this legislation, the law generally frowns upon what Rasch calls “self help”.
(12) Patients who are candidates for this type of surgery include those who have a long forehead, a short forehead, deep wrinkles, or thinner skin, as well as patients with deep frown lines and hyperactive corrugator muscles.
(13) There are other points of comparison – the instinct for PR moments, the actorly frown and catch in the voice, the appealing family pictures – but these are the essential ones.
(14) She is frowning on the hostile takeover bid from Spain's ACS (which in Florentino Pérez just so happens to share a chairman with Real Madrid) for Hochtief, Germany's biggest builder.
(15) Cycle furiously while bent over your handlebars with a deep frown!
(16) When some Soviet officials violated that principle, it was frowned upon.
(17) A novel feature is accurate compensation for 'smile' or 'frown' profiles as well as for the possible splay or curvature of lanes.
(18) Not for the last time during our meeting, Black Francis frowns and nods briskly, in a way which suggests that something I find a bit peculiar doesn't seem particularly peculiar to him.
(19) With David T Neal from the University of Southern California she recently published a paper entitled "Embodied Emotion Perception: Amplifying and Dampening Facial Feedback Modulates Emotional Perception Accuracy" , which found that using Botox – a neurotoxin injected into muscles to reduce frown lines – reduces a person's ability to empathise with others.
(20) He frowned on the kind of rampant drug use that characterised The Warehouse's big competitor, The Music Box: "I wouldn't allow those type of things to happen in my club," he told one interviewer, firmly.