brown
/braun/
Definition
Adjective:
- Of a color: Having a color similar to that of wood, soil, or coffee. It is a dark orange or yellowish-red of low brightness and saturation.
- Of skin: Deeply suntanned or having a dark complexion.
Verb:
- To make something brown in color: To cause something to become the color brown.
- To cook until brown: To fry, bake, or roast food until its surface changes color to a golden or dark brown.
Noun:
- A color: The color that is brown.
- Proper Noun (capitalized): A surname or the name of specific institutions (e.g., Brown University).
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She has beautiful brown eyes.
- His arms were brown from working in the sun all summer.
- Verb:
- The autumn sun browned the grass.
- Remember to brown the chicken in the pan before putting it in the oven.
- Noun:
- Brown is a common color for leather shoes.
- She decided to attend Brown.
Advanced Usage
- "to brown off" (British informal, often passive: "to be browned off"): To become or make someone annoyed, fed up, or disheartened.
- I'm completely browned off with all these delays.
- "brown study" (archaic/literary): A state of deep thought or reverie.
- He was lost in a brown study and didn't hear the doorbell.
Variants and Related Words
- Brownish (adj): Slightly brown.
- Browning (n): The process of becoming brown, especially in cooking.
- Brownness (n): The quality or state of being brown.
- Brownout (n): A reduction or restriction in electric power, less severe than a blackout.
- Brownfield (n/adj): A former industrial or commercial site available for re-use.
Synonyms
- Adjective (color): Tan, beige, chestnut, chocolate, hazel, russet, sepia, umber.
- Adjective (skin): Tanned, sunburned, bronzed.
- Verb (cook): Sear, fry, grill, toast.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Brown over: To cover or coat something with a brown color or substance (less common).
- The painter browned over the old marks on the wall.
Related Idioms
- To do someone brown (old-fashioned slang): To cheat or deceive someone thoroughly.
- The dishonest salesman did me brown with that faulty car.
- In a brown study: See "Advanced Usage".
Adjective
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(of skin) deeply suntanned
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of a color similar to that of wood or earth
Verb
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make brown in color
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the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
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fry in a pan until it changes color
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brown the meat in the pan
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Noun
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a university in Rhode Island
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abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
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Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
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an orange of low brightness and saturation
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