| ADJECTIVE | all | brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown | of a color similar to that of wood or earth |
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| all | brown, browned | (of skin) deeply suntanned | |
| NOUN | attribute | brown, brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
| person | Brown, Robert Brown | Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) | |
| person | Brown, John Brown | abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) | |
| artifact | Brown, Brown University | a university in Rhode Island | |
| VERB | change | brown | fry in a pan until it changes color / color |
| change | brown, embrown | make brown in color |
| Sounds | braw'n | |
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| Rhymes | Allentown ... Youngstown: 56 rhymes with awn... | |
| Meaning | Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. | |
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| Synonyms | brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown | |
| Broader | chromatic | Being or having or characterized by hue |
| Spanish | bruno, marrón, pardo, pardusco | |
| Catalan | bru, brunenc, marró, marronós, terrós | |
| Nouns | brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
| Meaning | (of skin) deeply suntanned. | |
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| Synonym | browned | |
| Broader | brunet, brunette | marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes |
| Meaning | An orange of low brightness and saturation. | |
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| Synonym | brownness | |
| Narrower | Vandyke brown | A moderate brown color |
| chestnut | The brown color of chestnuts | |
| chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber | A medium brown to dark-brown color | |
| hazel | A shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish | |
| light brown | A brown that is light but unsaturated | |
| mocha | A dark brown color | |
| olive brown | A shade of brown tinged with green | |
| puce | A color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red | |
| reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany | A shade of brown with a tinge of red | |
| taupe | A greyish brown | |
| yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown | A medium to dark tan color | |
| Broader | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | A color that has hue |
| Spanish | bronceado, café, carmelito, castaño, marrón, moreno, pardo | |
| Catalan | marró | |
| Verbs | brown | fry in a pan until it changes color / color |
| Meaning | Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858). | |
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| Synonym | Robert Brown | |
| Instance of | botanist, phytologist, plant scientist | A biologist specializing in the study of plants |
| Spanish | Robert Brown | |
| Catalan | Robert Brown | |
| Meaning | abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859). | |
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| Synonym | John Brown | |
| Instance of | abolitionist, emancipationist | A reformer who favors / favors abolishing slavery |
| Spanish | Brown, John Brown, marrón | |
| Catalan | Brown, John Brown | |
| Meaning | A university in Rhode Island. | |
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| Synonym | Brown University | |
| Instance of | university | establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching |
| Member of | Ivy League | A league of universities / universities / universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation / reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige |
| Part of | Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State, RI, R.I. | A state in New England |
| Spanish | Brown, Brown University, Universidad de Brown | |
| Catalan | Brown University, Universitat de Brown | |
| Meaning | fry in a pan until it changes color / color. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The chefs brown the vegetables | |
| Example | "brown the meat in the pan" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | cook | Transform and make suitable for consumption by heating |
| Spanish | dorar, garapiñar, gratinar, torrarse, tostar | |
| Catalan | enrossir, gratinar-se, torrar-se | |
| Nouns | brown | an orange of low brightness and saturation |
| Meaning | make brown in color. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" | |
| Synonym | embrown | |
| Broader | color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in | add color to |
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