brown (n.)

  1. an orange of low brightness and saturation

    [ Syn: brownness ]

  2. Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

    [ Syn: brown , robert brown ]

  3. abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

    [ Syn: brown , john brown ]

  4. a university in Rhode Island

    [ Syn: brown university , brown ]

    brown (adj.)

  1. of a color similar to that of wood or earth

    [ Syn: brownish , chocolate-brown , dark-brown ]

  2. (of skin) deeply suntanned

    [ Syn: browned ]

    brown (v.)

  1. fry in a pan until it changes color; brown the meat in the pan'

  2. make brown in color; the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard

    [ Syn: embrown ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.