brown

Noun · Verb · Adjective

Synonyms: brownness Brown Robert Brown John Brown Brown University embrown brownish chocolate-brown dark-brown browned

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

an orange of low brightness and saturationSynonyms: brownness
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)Synonyms: Brown Robert Brown
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)Synonyms: Brown John Brown
a university in Rhode IslandSynonyms: Brown University Brown

Verb (2)

fry in a pan until it changes color“brown the meat in the pan”
make brown in color“the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard”Synonyms: embrown

Adjective (2)

of a color similar to that of wood or earthSynonyms: brownish chocolate-brown dark-brown
(of skin) deeply suntannedSynonyms: browned

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brown \Brown\, n. A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue. [1913 Webster]

Brown \Brown\ (broun), a. [Compar. Browner; superl. Brownest.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br?n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br?n, Icel. br?nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [root]93, 253. Cf. Bruin, Beaver, Burnish, Brunette.] Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. [1913 Webster]

Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Brown Bess, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army.

Brown bread (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. "He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic." --Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.]

Brown coal, wood coal. See Lignite.

Brown hematite or Brown iron ore (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See Limonite.

Brown holland. See under Holland.

Brown paper, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials.

Brown spar (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite.

Brown stone. See Brownstone.

Brown stout, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor.

Brown study, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n. Browning.]

1.To make brown or dusky. [1913 Webster]

A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.— Barlow.[1913 Webster]

2.To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. [1913 Webster]

3.To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

Brown \Brown\, v. i. To become brown. [1913 Webster]