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| brown [ brown ] |
noun (plural browns) |
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1. color between red and yellow: a color that varies between red and yellow, similar to the color of wood or soil
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2. brown clothing: fabric or clothing that is brown in color
  We had to wear brown for school.
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3. brown pigment or dye: a pigment or dye that has or is near to the color of wood or soil
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4. brown object: an object that is brown in color
She decided to take the brown.
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adjective |
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1. brown in color: of the color brown
the fruit was brown and rotten
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2. suntanned: deeply suntanned or sunburned
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3. unprocessed: describes foodstuffs that are partially or wholly unprocessed so that their natural brown color remains
brown sugar
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle browned, present participle brown·ing, 3rd person present singular browns) |
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make or become brown: to make something brown or become brown, e.g. in cooking or sunbathing
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| [ Old English brūn< Indo-European, "bright, brown"] |
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| brown·ish adjective |
| brown·ness noun |
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