Brown — synonyms, definition

1. brown (a)

bay bronze brownish brownish-red buff burnished chestnut drab dull dun gold mahogany mousy red reddish reddish-brown ruddy russet rust sallow • • •

2. brown (Verb)

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brown (Verb) — (cooking) fry in a pan until it changes colour. ex. "brown the meat in the pan"

brown (Verb) — Make brown in colour. ex. "the drought browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"

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3. brown (Adjective)

browned browny chocolate-brown dark-brown

brown (Adjective) — Of a colour similar to that of wood or earth.

brown (Adjective) — (of skin) deeply suntanned.

4. brown (Noun)

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brown (Noun) — Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859).

brown (Noun) — Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858).

brown (Noun) — A university in Rhode Island.

brown (Noun) — British statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1997-2007 and Labour Prime Minister 2007-2010 (born in 1951).

brown (Noun) — Colour of low brightness and saturation, like wood or earth.

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