BROWN

Pronunciation (US):

• BROWN (noun)
  The noun BROWN has 4 senses:

1. an orange of low brightness and saturation
2. Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
3. abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
4. a university in Rhode Island

  Familiarity information: BROWN used as a noun is uncommon.

• BROWN (adjective)
  The adjective BROWN has 2 senses:

1. of a color similar to that of wood or earth
2. (of skin) deeply suntanned

  Familiarity information: BROWN used as an adjective is rare.

• BROWN (verb)
  The verb BROWN has 1 sense:

1. fry in a pan until it changes color

  Familiarity information: BROWN used as a verb is very rare.

• BROWN (noun)

Meaning:

An orange of low brightness and saturation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brown; brownness

Hypernyms ("brown" is a kind of...):

chromatic color; chromatic colour; spectral color; spectral colour (a color that has hue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brown"):

olive brown (a shade of brown tinged with green)

puce (a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red)

buff; caramel; caramel brown; raw sienna; yellowish brown (a medium to dark tan color)

burnt sienna; reddish brown; sepia; Venetian red (a shade of brown with a tinge of red)

light brown (a brown that is light but unsaturated)

burnt umber; chocolate; coffee; deep brown; umber (a medium brown to dark-brown color)

Vandyke brown (a moderate brown color)

taupe (a greyish brown)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Robert Brown; Brown

Instance hypernyms:

botanist; phytologist; plant scientist (a biologist specializing in the study of plants)

Meaning:

Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

John Brown; Brown

Instance hypernyms:

abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)

Meaning:

A university in Rhode Island

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Brown University; Brown

Instance hypernyms:

university (establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching)

Holonyms ("Brown" is a part of...):

Little Rhody; Ocean State; Rhode Island; RI (a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state)

Holonyms ("Brown" is a member of...):

Ivy League (a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige)

• BROWN (adjective)

Meaning:

Of a color similar to that of wood or earth

Synonyms:

brown; brownish; chocolate-brown; dark-brown

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Meaning:

(of skin) deeply suntanned

Synonyms:

browned; brown

Similar:

brunet; brunette (marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes)

• BROWN (verb)

Meaning:

Fry in a pan until it changes color

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

brown the meat in the pan

Hypernyms (to "brown" is one way to...):

cook (transform and make suitable for consumption by heating)

Domain category:

cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The chefs brown the vegetables