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brown

brown [ brown ]


noun  (plural browns)
Definition:
 
1. color between red and yellow: a color that varies between red and yellow, similar to the color of wood or soil

2. brown clothing: fabric or clothing that is brown in color
We had to wear brown for school.

3. brown pigment or dye: a pigment or dye that has or is near to the color of wood or soil

4. brown object: an object that is brown in color
She decided to take the brown.



adjective 
Definition:
 
1. brown in color: of the color brown
the fruit was brown and rotten

2. suntanned: deeply suntanned or sunburned

3. unprocessed: describes foodstuffs that are partially or wholly unprocessed so that their natural brown color remains
brown sugar



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle browned, present participle brown·ing, 3rd person present singular browns)
Definition:
 
make or become brown: to make something brown or become brown, e.g. in cooking or sunbathing

[ Old English brūn< Indo-European, "bright, brown"]

brown·ish adjective
brown·ness noun
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