Brown

/braun/
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Definition

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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
  1. (of skin) deeply suntanned
  2. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
Verb
  1. make brown in color
    • the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
  2. fry in a pan until it changes color
    • brown the meat in the pan
Noun
  1. a university in Rhode Island
  2. abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
  3. Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
  4. an orange of low brightness and saturation

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