Noun
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a university in Rhode Island
- brown university -
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
- john brown -
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
- robert brown -
an orange of low brightness and saturation
Verb
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make brown in color
"the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
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fry in a pan until it changes color
"brown the meat in the pan"
Adjective
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(of skin) deeply suntanned
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of a color similar to that of wood or earth
- chocolate brown - dark brown