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brown
(broun)n.
Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.
adj. brown·er, brown·est
1. Of the color brown.
2.
a. Having a brownish or dark skin color.
b. Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.
3. Deeply suntanned.
tr. & intr.v. browned, brown·ing, browns
Phrasal Verb: 1. To make or become brown.
2. To cook until brown.
brown off Chiefly British Slang
To make angry or irritated.
brown′ish adj.
brown′ness n.
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brown
(braʊn)n
1. (Colours) any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620–585 nanometres
2. (Dyeing) a dye or pigment producing these colours
3. (Textiles) brown cloth or clothing: dressed in brown.
4. (Animals) any of numerous mostly reddish-brown butterflies of the genera Maniola, Lasiommata, etc, such as M. jurtina (meadow brown): family Satyridae
adj
5. (Colours) of the colour brown
6. (Cookery) (of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour
7. deeply tanned or sunburnt
vb
to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
[Old English brūn; related to Old Norse brūnn, Old High German brūn, Greek phrunos toad, Sanskrit babhru reddish-brown]
ˈbrownish, ˈbrowny adj
ˈbrownness n
Brown
(braʊn)n
1. (Biography) Sir Arthur Whitten (ˈwɪtən). 1886–1948, British aviator who with J.W. Alcock made the first flight across the Atlantic (1919)
2. (Biography) Ford Madox. 1821–93, British painter, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings include The Last of England (1865) and Work (1865)
3. (Biography) George (Alfred), Lord George-Brown. 1914–85, British Labour politician; vice-chairman and deputy leader of the Labour party (1960–70); foreign secretary 1966–68
4. (Biography) George Mackay. 1921–96, Scottish poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His works, which include the novels Greenvoe (1972) and Magnus (1973), reflect the history and culture of Orkney
5. (Biography) (James) Gordon. born 1951, British Labour politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007); prime minister (2007–10)
6. (Biography) Herbert Charles. 1912–2004, US chemist, who worked on the compounds of boron. Nobel prize for chemistry 1979
7. (Biography) James. 1933–2006, US soul singer and songwriter, noted for his dynamic stage performances and for his commitment to Black rights
8. (Biography) John. 1800–59, US abolitionist leader, hanged after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
9. (Biography) Lancelot, called Capability Brown. 1716–83, British landscape gardener
10. (Biography) Michael (Stuart). born 1941, US physician: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1985) for work on cholesterol
11. (Biography) Robert. 1773–1858, Scottish botanist who was the first to observe the Brownian movement in fluids
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brown
(braʊn)n.
1. a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
2. a person whose skin has a dusky or light brown pigmentation.
adj. 3. of the color brown.
4. having skin of this color.
5. sunburned or tanned.
v.t., v.i. 6. to make or become brown.
7. to fry, sauté, roast, etc., to a brown color.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English brūn]
brown′ish, brown′y, adj.
brown′ness, n.
Brown
(braʊn)n.
1. John ( “Old Brown of Osawatomie” ), 1800–59, U.S. abolitionist: leader of the attack at Harpers Ferry.
2. Olympia, 1835–1926, U.S. women's-rights activist and Universalist minister.
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Brown
See Also: COLORS
- (Wine) as brown as November leaves —Wilbur Daniel Steele
- [Pupils of eyes] brown and shiny like melting chocolate —Margaret Millar
- Brown as a berry —Geoffrey Chaucer
The old English original read “Broun as is a berye.”
- (His face was) brown as an old boot —Christopher Isherwood
See Also: TOUGHNESS
- Brown as an old daguerreotype fading —Robert Penn Warren
- Brown as a nut —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- (Cheeks) brown as oak-leaves —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- (Hair) brown as a pecan shell —Reynolds Price
- Brown as cinnamon —Truman Capote
- Brown as onion soup —Saul Bellow
- Brown as rust —George Garrett
- (A tan) brown as seven-grain bread —Patricia Henley
- (A girl as) brown as the ground —Cynthia Ozick
- Brown as tobacco spit brew —Truman Capote
- Brown … like the color of the basket —H. E. Bates
- A dreggy brown, like bad coffee —Irvin S. Cobb
- Pale brown, like canvas —Mary McCarthy
Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
brown
Past participle: browned
Gerund: browning
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
brown
To make food turn brown on the surface, usually by cooking at a high temperature in a little fat.
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| Noun | 1. | brown - an orange of low brightness and saturation Vandyke brown - a moderate brown color chestnut - the brown color of chestnuts hazel - a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes light brown - a brown that is light but unsaturated mocha - a dark brown color puce - a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red olive brown - a shade of brown tinged with green taupe - a greyish brown |
| 2. | Brown - Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) | |
| 3. |  Brown - abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) | |
| 4. | Brown - a university in Rhode Island Ivy League - a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige Little Rhody, Ocean State, Rhode Island, RI - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state | |
| Verb | 1. | brown - fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cook - transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| 2. | brown - make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" | |
| Adj. | 1. | brown - of a color similar to that of wood or earth chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
| 2. | brown - (of skin) deeply suntanned |
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brown
adjective
1. brunette, dark, bay, coffee, chocolate, brick, toasted, ginger, rust, chestnut, hazel, dun, auburn, tawny, umber, donkey brown, fuscous her deep brown eyes
2. tanned, browned, bronze, bronzed, tan, dusky, sunburnt rows of bodies slowly going brown in the sun
3. wholemeal, wholegrain, untreated, unrefined, coarse-grained, unpurified brown bread
verb
1. fry, cook, grill, sear, sauté He browned the chicken in a frying pan.
Shades of brown
almond, amber, auburn, bay, beige, biscuit, bisque, bistre, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, burnt umber, butternut, café au lait, camel, chestnut, chocolate, cinnabar, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, cream, drab, dun, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, liver, mahogany, mocha, mousy, mushroom, neutral, nutbrown, nutmeg, oatmeal, oxblood, russet, rust, sable, sand, seal brown, sepia, sienna, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, teak, terracotta, tortoiseshell, umber, walnutCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
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brown
[braʊn]A. ADJ (browner (compar) (brownest (superl)))
2. (= tanned) → moreno, bronceado; [skin] → moreno
to go brown → ponerse moreno, broncearse
as brown as a berry → muy moreno, bronceadísimo
to go brown → ponerse moreno, broncearse
as brown as a berry → muy moreno, bronceadísimo
D. VI
2. [skin] → ponerse moreno, broncearse
3. (Culin) → dorarse
E. CPD brown ale N → cerveza f oscura or negra
brown bear N → oso m pardo
brown belt N (in judo, karate) → cinturón m marrón
brown bread N → pan m negro, pan m moreno (Sp)
brown egg N → huevo m moreno
brown goods NPL → (productos mpl de) línea f marrón, (productos mpl de) gama f marrón
brown owl N (Orn) → autillo m
brown paper N → papel m de estraza
brown rice N → arroz m integral
brown sauce N (Brit) salsa de condimento, con sabor agridulce
brown study N to be in a brown study (o.f.) → estar absorto en sus pensamientos, estar en Babia
brown sugar N → azúcar m moreno
brown bear N → oso m pardo
brown belt N (in judo, karate) → cinturón m marrón
brown bread N → pan m negro, pan m moreno (Sp)
brown egg N → huevo m moreno
brown goods NPL → (productos mpl de) línea f marrón, (productos mpl de) gama f marrón
brown owl N (Orn) → autillo m
brown paper N → papel m de estraza
brown rice N → arroz m integral
brown sauce N (Brit) salsa de condimento, con sabor agridulce
brown study N to be in a brown study (o.f.) → estar absorto en sus pensamientos, estar en Babia
brown sugar N → azúcar m moreno
brown off VT + ADV (Brit) → fastidiar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
brown
(braun) adjective noun2. something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour. I prefer the brown to the green.marrón
verb to make or become brown. poner moreno
browned off1. bored. I feel really browned off in this wet weather.fastidiado; harto, hasta las narices
2. annoyed. I'm browned off with his behaviour.molesto
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
brown
→ marrónMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
brown
n. castaño, café, carmelita; [skin] moreno-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
brown
adj castaño, de color café, marrón; (eyes) marrón, castaño; (hair) castaño; (sugar) moreno; (bread) integral, morenoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.