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Definitions for Brown

[1] a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
[2] Offensive . a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation.
[3] of the color brown.
[4] (of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color.
[5] sunburned or tanned.
[6] Often Offensive . (of human beings) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color.
[7] to make or become brown.
[8] to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking: to brown onions before adding them to the stew. The potatoes browned in the pan.
[9] brown out , to subject to a brownout: The power failure browned out the southern half of the state.
[10] browned off , Slang . angry; fed up.
[11] do it up brown , Informal . to do thoroughly: When they entertain, they really do it up brown.
[12] Charles Brock·den [brok -duh  n] /ˈbrɒk dən/ , 1771–1810, U.S. novelist.
[13] Clifford Brownie , 1930–56, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
[14] Edmund Gerald, Jr. Jerry , born 1938, U.S. politician: governor of California 1975–83.
[15] Herbert Charles, 1912–2004, U.S. chemist, born in England: Nobel Prize 1979.
[16] James Nathaniel Jimmy , born 1936, U.S. football player and actor.
[17] John Old Brown of Osawatomie , 1800–59, U.S. abolitionist: leader of the attack at Harpers Ferry, where he was captured, tried for treason, and hanged.
[18] Margaret Wise, 1910–52, U.S. author noted for early-childhood books.
[19] Olympia, 1835–1926, U.S. women's-rights activist and Universalist minister: first American woman ordained by a major church.
[20] Robert, 1773–1858, Scottish botanist.
[21] any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620–585 nanometres
[22] a dye or pigment producing these colours
[23] brown cloth or clothing dressed in brown
[24] any of numerous mostly reddish-brown butterflies of the genera Maniola, Lasiommata , etc, such as M. jurtina (meadow brown ): family Satyridae
[25] of the colour brown
[26] (of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour
[27] deeply tanned or sunburnt
[28] to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
[29] Sir Arthur Whitten (ˈwɪt ə n). 1886–1948, British aviator who with J.W. Alcock made the first flight across the Atlantic (1919)
[30] Ford Madox . 1821–93, British painter, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings include The Last of England (1865) and Work (1865)
[31] George (Alfred ), Lord George-Brown. 1914–85, British Labour politician; vice-chairman and deputy leader of the Labour party (1960–70); foreign secretary 1966–68
[32] George Mackay . 1921–96, Scottish poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His works, which include the novels Greenvoe (1972) and Magnus (1973), reflect the history and culture of Orkney
[33] (James ) Gordon . born 1951, British Labour politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007); prime minister (2007–10)
[34] Herbert Charles . 1912–2004, US chemist, who worked on the compounds of boron. Nobel prize for chemistry 1979
[35] James . 1933–2006, US soul singer and songwriter, noted for his dynamic stage performances and for his commitment to Black rights
[36] John . 1800–59, US abolitionist leader, hanged after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
[37] Lancelot , called Capability Brown . 1716–83, British landscape gardener
[38] Michael (Stuart ). born 1941, US physician: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1985) for work on cholesterol
[39] Robert . 1773–1858, Scottish botanist who was the first to observe the Brownian movement in fluids

Words related to Brown

fawn, ginger, tan, toast, amber, brick, nut, buff, coffee, drab, dust, bronze, bay, ecru, beige, rust, copper, cinnamon, russet, puce

Words nearby Brown

browband, browbeat, browder, browed, browlift, brown, brown alga, brown algae, brown bag, brown bagger, brown bagging

Origin of Brown

before 1000; Middle English; Old English brūn; cognate with Dutch bruin, German braun, Old Norse brūnn; akin to Lithuanian brúnas brown

Other words from Brown

brown·ish , brown·y , adjective
brown·ness , noun
o·ver·brown , verb
un·browned , adjective
well-browned , adjective

Word origin for Brown

Old English brūn ; related to Old Norse brūnn , Old High German brūn , Greek phrunos toad, Sanskrit babhru reddish-brown

Synonyms for Brown

amber, bay, beige, bister, brick, bronze, buff, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, drab, dust, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, mahogany, nut, ochre, puce, russet, rust, sepia, sorrel, tan, toast, umber, auburn, burnt sienna, snuff-colored, tawny, terra-cotta