Definitions for Brown
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brown, brownness(noun)

   an orange of low brightness and saturation

2. Brown, Robert Brown(noun)

   Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

3. Brown, John Brown(noun)

   abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

4. Brown University, Brown(adj)

   a university in Rhode Island

5. brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown(adj)

   of a color similar to that of wood or earth

6. brown, browned(verb)

   (of skin) deeply suntanned

7. brown(verb)

   fry in a pan until it changes color

   "brown the meat in the pan"

8. embrown, brown(verb)

   make brown in color

   "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. brown(Noun)

   A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

   Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion.

2. brown(Noun)

   One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 4 points.

   Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion.

3. brown(Verb)

   To become brown.

   Fry the onions until they brown.

   Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion.

4. brown(Verb)

   To cook something until it becomes brown.

   Brown the onions in a large frying pan.

   Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion.

5. brown(Verb)

   To tan.

   Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.

   Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion.

6. brown(Adjective)

   Having a brown colour.

   Etymology: Originally a nickname for someone with brown hair or a dark complexion.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brown

   of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow

2. Brown(noun)

   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

3. Brown(verb)

   to make brown or dusky

4. Brown(verb)

   to make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour

5. Brown(verb)

   to give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface

6. Brown(verb)

   to become brown

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Brown

   Brown is the composite color produced by a mixture of red, yellow and black. The color is seen widely in nature, in wood, soil, and human hair color, eye color and skin pigmentation . Culturally, it is often associated with autumn, humility, earth and nature, and historically it is sometimes associated with fascism.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Brown

   brown, adj. of a dark or dusky colour, inclining to red or yellow: dark-complexioned: sunburnt.—n. a dark-reddish colour: (slang) a copper.—v.t. to make brown, or give a brown colour to: to roast brown.—ns. Brown′-bess, the old British flint-lock musket—from the brown walnut stock; Brown′-bill, a foot-soldier's or watchman's halbert, painted brown; Brown′-bread, bread of a brown colour, made of unbolted flour; Brown′-coal, commonly called Lignite, an imperfect kind of coal which exhibits more of its woody structure than ordinary coal; Brown′-George, a hard biscuit: a brown earthen vessel; Brown′ing, the process of imparting a brown colour to iron articles: a preparation for giving a brown colour to gravy, &c., or for dressing brown leather.—adj. Brown′ish.—ns. Brown′ness; Brown′-pā′per, coarse and strong paper used chiefly for wrapping; Brown′-spar, a name given to certain varieties of dolomite or magnesian limestone, distinguished by their brownish colour; Brown′-stout, a kind of porter; Brown′-stud′y, gloomy reverie: absent-mindedness.—adj. Brown′y (Shak.), of a brown colour.—To do brown (slang), to do thoroughly, to deceive or take in completely. [A.S. brún; Dut. bruin, Ger. braun.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Brown' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2371

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Brown' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2074

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Brown' in Adjectives Frequency: #298

How to pronounce Brown?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say Brown in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brown in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Brown in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Brown in a Sentence

1. Alyssa Milano:

   We built this country on the backs of Black and brown people and we still haven’t really done anything to say, ‘f---.’.

2. Kaiser Permanente:

   How can we trust our lives, the lives of our black and brown babies to these people? Nurses are supposed to help people not be happy when people die. kaiser Permanente does not tolerate hate or discrimination and has a long history of embracing diversity and inclusion – it remains a place where we welcome everyone.

3. Guenter Boehm:

   We knew it would soon be over. Another indication was that the so-called gold pheasants, the (Nazi party) elite dressed in brown disappeared, either they changed their clothes or their homes. They did not want to be seen.

4. Charles Duke:

   The first time I saw it [the Earth], we came from the backside of the Moon and we watched Earthrise. My first thought was, Were a long way from home, but after that, you recognize the beauty of it the blue, the white and the brown. Earth was just there suspended upon nothing, in the blackness of space.It was just awesome.

5. Billy Brown attorney:

   Mr. Brown [ is ] not the first person to come before the court with significant medical problems, Juneau Superior Court Judge Philip Pallenberg said, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. Billy Brown issued a statement to FOX411 regarding Billy Brown sentencing. Alaska’s dividend program has specific requirements for the length of time in the state, and the reasons for being out of Alaska.

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