brown

A1
Pronunciation
/bɹaʊn/
/bɹaʊn/
Noun
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

Example Sentences
  • The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
2 Definition

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

3 Definition

Black tar heroin.

4 Definition

A copper coin.

5 Definition

A brown horse or other animal.

6 Definition

(sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

7 Definition

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).

8 Definition

Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

9 Definition

A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

Verb
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

To become brown.

Example Sentences
  • Fry the onions until they brown.
2 Definition

To cook something until it becomes brown.

Example Sentences
  • Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
3 Definition

To tan.

Example Sentences
  • Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
4 Definition

To make brown or dusky.

5 Definition

To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

6 Definition

(usually derogatory) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Example Sentences
  • the browning of America
7 Definition

To treat with deference, or respect.

Adjective
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

Having a brown colour.

Antonyms
nonbrown
2 Definition

Gloomy.

3 Definition

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.