brown : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brown	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for brown
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brown adj of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn: brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown] (of skin) deeply suntanned Synonym(s): brown, browned n an orange of low brightness and saturation [syn: brown, brownness] Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) Synonym(s): Brown, Robert Brown abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) Synonym(s): Brown, John Brown a university in Rhode Island Synonym(s): Brown University, Brown v fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan" make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" Synonym(s): embrown, brown
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brown \Brown\, n. A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Browned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Browning}.] 1. To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves, Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. --Barlow. 2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour. 3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brown \Brown\, a. [Compar. {Browner}; superl. {Brownest}.] [OE. brun, broun, AS. br[?]n; akin to D. bruin, OHG. br[?]n, Icel. br[?]nn, Sw. brun, Dan. bruun, G. braun, Lith. brunas, Skr. babhru. [fb]93, 253. Cf. {Bruin}, {Beaver}, {Burnish}, {Brunette}.] Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow. Cheeks brown as the oak leaves. --Longfellow. {Brown Bess}, the old regulation flintlock smoothbore musket, with bronzed barrel, formerly used in the British army. {Brown bread} (a) Dark colored bread; esp. a kind made of unbolted wheat flour, sometimes called in the United States Graham bread. [bd]He would mouth with a beggar though she smelt brown bread and garlic.[b8] --Shak. (b) Dark colored bread made of rye meal and Indian meal, or of wheat and rye or Indian; rye and Indian bread. [U.S.] {Brown coal}, wood coal. See {Lignite}. {Brown hematite} or {Brown iron ore} (Min.), the hydrous iron oxide, limonite, which has a brown streak. See {Limonite}. {Brown holland}. See under {Holland}. {Brown paper}, dark colored paper, esp. coarse wrapping paper, made of unbleached materials. {Brown spar} (Min.), a ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite. {Brown stone}. See {Brownstone}. {Brown stout}, a strong kind of porter or malt liquor. {Brown study}, a state of mental abstraction or serious reverie. --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brown \Brown\, v. i. To become brown.