browned

Thân thiện

Her skin was browned from a summer spent outdoors.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a brown color, especially from cooking or exposure to heat: The word "browned" describes something that has turned brown, typically as a result of a process like frying, baking, or toasting.
   • (Of skin) deeply suntanned: "Browned" can also describe skin that has become brown from prolonged exposure to the sun.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The chef served perfectly browned chicken. (The chef served chicken that had been cooked until it had a brown color.)
  • After a week at the beach, his skin was deeply browned. (After a week at the beach, his skin was very tanned from the sun.)

Advanced Usage

• "Browned off" (British English idiom): Annoyed, fed up, or disgruntled.
  • He was really browned off with the constant delays. (He was very annoyed by the constant delays.)

Variants and Related Words

• Brown (verb): To cook something until it turns brown.
  • Brown the meat in a hot pan before adding the sauce.
• Brown (adjective/noun): The color itself.
  • She painted the wall a warm brown.

Synonyms

• Tanned: (For skin) Having a brown color from the sun.
• Seared: (For food) Cooked quickly at high heat to brown the surface.
• Toasted: (For bread, nuts) Heated until brown and crisp.

Related Phrases

• Browned butter: Butter that has been cooked until its milk solids turn brown, giving it a nutty flavor.
  • The recipe calls for browned butter in the sauce.

Related Idioms

• Browned off: As mentioned in Advanced Usage, meaning annoyed or discontented.
  • The team was browned off after another loss.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of skin) deeply suntanned

Từ đồng nghĩa

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