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.

2. brown(Noun)

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

3. brown(Verb)

   To become brown.

   Fry the onions until they brown.

4. brown(Verb)

   To cook something until it becomes brown.

   Brown the onions in a large frying pan.

5. brown(Verb)

   To tan.

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

6. brown(Adjective)

   Having a brown colour.

Origin: 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(0.00 / 0 votes)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

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. Neil Gorsuch:

   Brown v. Board of Education.

2. Frank Kostouros:

   Curiosity got the best of Edward Brown.

3. Superintendent Garry McCarthy:

   If Mr. Brown is in custody, his son is alive.

4. Paul Zhou:

   We just took one on the chin for Michael Brown.

5. Lisanne Blauw:

   In warmer climates, brown fat may be less activated.

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