brown

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

browns

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative

browner

Superlative

brownest

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

brown

past (v2)

browned

past participle (v3)

browned

present participle

browning

3rd person singular

browns

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

   • He wore brown jeans for his birthday.
   • The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

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

3. 3.Black tar heroin.

4. 4.A brown horse or other animal.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

2. 2.Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).

3. 3.Having a brown color/colour.

   • But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To become brown.

   • Fry the onions until they brown.
   • The chicken was browning nicely, the skin beginning to crisp and take on the toasty tones of oiled wood.

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