noun
- An orange of low brightness and saturation.
- synonyms: brownness
- Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858.
- synonyms: Robert Brown
- Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859.
- synonyms: John Brown
- A university in Rhode Island.
- synonyms: Brown University
verb
- Fry in a pan until it changes color.
- usage: "brown the meat in the pan"
- Make brown in color.
- usage: "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
- synonyms: embrown
adjective
- Of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
- synonyms: brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown
- Of skin. ( deeply suntanned).
- synonyms: browned
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