Sekirov Dictionary

brown

/ˈbɹaʊ̯n/

adjective 8
noun 11
verb 7
forms 10
phrases 10

adjective8

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of the color of coffee, chocolate or wood
- But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades. — 2024
Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
(US) Latino/Latin American
(US) of color.
South Asian or sometimes Middle Eastern or North African
Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or sometimes Native American
Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).
(no longer used) Gloomy.

noun11

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A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
- The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
- He wore brown jeans for his birthday.
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(informal, offensive) A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance.
- Many browns and blacks are immigrants — some of whom have not yet become naturalized citizens of the United States. — 2005
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A brown horse or other animal.
- […] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish. — 1877
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
A brown dye or pigment.
A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of brown pigment.
Black tar heroin.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
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(slang, no longer used) A copper coin.
- “To save a journey up the town, / A razor lent here for a brown: / But if you think the price too high, / I beg you won’t the razor try.” — 1851

verb7

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To become brown.
- Fry the onions until they brown.
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To cook something until it becomes brown.
- Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […] — 1887
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To tan.
- Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
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To make brown or dusky.
- A trembling twilight o'er the welkin moves, / Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. — 1807
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To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
- It is mixed uniformly with olive oil, and rubbed upon the iron slightly heated, which is afterwards exposed to the air, till the wished-for degree of browning is produced. — 1860
(offensive) To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
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(informal, euphemistic) Synonym of poop (“to defecate”).
- I've just browned myself.

forms

browned · browning · browns · Browns · browner · more Brown · more brown · brownest · most Brown · most brown

Phrases with brown

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