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51brown — [[t]bra͟ʊn[/t]] ♦ browner, brownest, browns, browning, browned 1) COLOUR Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood. ...her deep brown eyes... The stairs are decorated in golds and earthy browns. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ You… …
52brown — I UK [braʊn] / US adjective Word forms brown : adjective brown comparative browner superlative brownest *** 1) something that is brown is the same colour as wood or coffee He had lovely brown eyes. 2) with darker skin than usual, after being in… …
53brown — brown1 W2S2 [braun] adj [: Old English; Origin: brun] 1.) having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee ▪ dark brown hair 2.) having skin that has been turned brown by the sun ▪ He d been on vacation and looked very brown. ▪ He was as brown as a… …
54brown — {{11}}brown (adj.) O.E. brun dark, dusky, only developing a definite color sense 13c., from P.Gmc. *brunaz (Cf. O.N. brunn, Dan. brun, O.Fris., O.H.G. brun, Du. bruin, Ger. braun), from PIE *bher (3) shining, brown (Cf. Lith. beras brown ),… …
55brown — 1 /braUn/ adjective 1 having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee: I d like a pair of dark brown shoes please. | brown bread 2 having skin that has been turned brown by the sun: You re very brown have you been on vacation? | brown as a berry… …
56brown — /braʊn / (say brown) noun 1. a dark shade with yellowish or reddish hue. 2. a brown snake. 3. Obsolete, Colloquial a copper coin, especially a penny. –adjective 4. of the colour brown. 5. having skin of that colour. 6. sunburned or tanned. –verb… …
57brown — brownish, browny, adj. brownness, n. /brown/, n., adj., browner, brownest, v. n. 1. a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue. 2. a person whose skin has a dusky or light brown pigmentation. adj. 3. of the color brown. 4. (of animals) …
58brown — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. toast, braise, singe; sunburn, tan, bronze. See color, heat. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. brownish, copper colored, rust colored, coffee colored; see brown n. n. Hues of brown include: tan, bay,… …
59brown — [[t]braʊn[/t]] n. 1) phs a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue 2) pan a person whose skin has a dusky or light brown pigmentation 3) of the color brown 4) having skin of this color 5) sunburned or tanned 6) to make or become brown …
60brown — No exact English equivalent: uliuli; kama ehu, ā ula (reddish brown); maku e (dark); olomea (with darker stripes or spots, of pig or dog); hulupala, ea, ea mālani (light brown). ♦ Brown skin, ili ula, ili ula ula, ehu. ♦ Brown hair,… …
