Brown

/bɹaʊn/

noun

  1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

    The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

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

  3. Black tar heroin.

verb

  1. To become brown.

    Fry the onions until they brown.

  2. To cook something until it becomes brown.

    Brown the onions in a large frying pan.

  3. To tan.

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

adjective

  1. Having a brown colour.

  2. Gloomy.

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

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