1. (noun) brown, brownness
an orange of low brightness and saturation
2. (noun) Brown, Robert Brown
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
3. (noun) Brown, John Brown
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
4. (adj) Brown University, Brown
a university in Rhode Island
5. (adj) brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown
of a color similar to that of wood or earth
6. (verb) brown, browned
(of skin) deeply suntanned
7. (verb) brown
fry in a pan until it changes color
"brown the meat in the pan"
8. (verb) embrown, brown
make brown in color
"the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
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