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BROWN
brown, browned
(adjective) (of skin) deeply suntanned
brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown
(adjective) of a color similar to that of wood or earth
brown, brownness
(noun) an orange of low brightness and saturation
Brown, John Brown
(noun) abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
Brown, Robert Brown
(noun) Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
embrown, brown
(verb) make brown in color; “the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard”
brown
(verb) fry in a pan until it changes color; “brown the meat in the pan”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
brown (countable and uncountable, plural browns)
(countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
(snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
(uncountable) Black tar heroin.
(slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin.
A brown horse or other animal.
(sometimes capitalised, countable) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
(entomology) Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
Adjective
brown (comparative browner or more brown, superlative brownest or most brown)
Having a brown colour.
Antonym: nonbrown
(obsolete) Gloomy.
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
(US) Latino
(of Asians) South Asian
(of East Asians) Southeast Asian
Verb
brown (third-person singular simple present browns, present participle browning, simple past and past participle browned)
(intransitive) To become brown.
(cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
(intransitive, transitive) To tan.
(transitive) To make brown or dusky.
(transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
(demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually, derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
(transitive) To treat with deference, or respect.
Etymology
Proper noun
Brown (countable and uncountable, plural Browns)
An English and Scottish surname.
An Irish surname of Anglo-Norman origin, a translation of de BrĂşn.
A locale in United States.
An unincorporated community in California; named for hotelier George Brown.
An unincorporated community in Louisiana; named for landowner George W. Brown.
An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for postmaster Robert H. Brown.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia; named for early settler John Brown.
A ghost town in Nevada.
Brown University.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brown is the 4th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1,425,470 individuals. Brown is most common among White (58.0%) and Black/African American (35.6%) individuals.
Noun
Brown (plural Browns)
Alternative letter-case form of brown (“person with a dark complexion”)
Adjective
Brown (comparative more Brown, superlative most Brown)
Alternative letter-case form of brown (“of a dark complexion”)
Source: Wiktionary
Brown, a. [Compar. Browner; superl. Brownest.] Etym: [OE. brun, broun, AS. br; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br, Icel. br, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. *93, 253. Cf. Bruin, Beaver, Burnish, Brunette.]
Definition: Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. Longfellow. Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.
– Brown bread (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] -- Brown coal, wood coal. See Lignite.
– Brown hematite or Brown iron ore (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite.
– Brown holland. See under Holland.
– Brown paper, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials.
– Brown spar (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite.
– Brown stone. See Brownstone.
– Brown stout, a strong kind of proter or malt liquor.
– Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. W. Irving.
Brown, n.
Definition: 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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n. Browning.]
1. To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow.
2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. Ure.
Brown, v. i.
Definition: To become brown.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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