brown Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun an orange of low brightness and saturation
brownness.
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noun Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
Robert Brown.
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noun abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
John Brown.
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noun a university in Rhode Island
Brown University.
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verb fry in a pan until it changes color
- brown the meat in the pan
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verb make brown in color
embrown.
- the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
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adjective satellite of a color similar to that of wood or earth
chocolate-brown; brownish; dark-brown.
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adjective satellite (of skin) deeply suntanned
browned.
WordNet
Brown adjective
Etymology
OE.Wordforms
Definitions
Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. Longfellow.
W. Irving.
Brown noun
Definitions
A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
Brown transitive verb
Wordforms
Definitions
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To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow.
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To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to .brown meat or flour -
To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. Ure.
Brown intransitive verb
Definitions
To become brown.