brown(broun),USA pronunciationn., adj.,-er, -est,v. n.
Physicsa dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.
Physical Anthropologya person whose skin has a dusky or light-brown pigmentation.
adj.
of the color brown.
(of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color.
sunburned or tanned.
(of persons) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color.
do it up brown, [Informal.]to do thoroughly:When they entertain, they really do it up brown.
v.t., v.i.
to make or become brown.
to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking:to brown onions before adding them to the stew. The potatoes browned in the pan.
browned off, [Slang.]angry; fed up.
Electricitybrown out, to subject to a brownout:The power failure browned out the southern half of the state.
bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English brūn; cognate with Dutch bruin, German braun, Old Norse brūnn; akin to Lithuanian brúnas brown
brown′ish, brown′y, adj. brown′ness, n.
Brown(broun),USA pronunciationn.Charles Brock•den(brok′dən),USA pronunciation 1771–1810, U.S. novelist.
BiographicalEdmund Gerald, Jr. (Jerry), born 1938, U.S. politician: governor of California 1975–83.
BiographicalJames Nathaniel (Jimmy), born 1936, U.S. football player and actor.
BiographicalJohn ("Old Brown of Osawatomie''), 1800–59, U.S. abolitionist: leader of the attack at Harpers Ferry, where he was captured, tried for treason, and hanged.
BiographicalOlympia, 1835–1926, U.S. women's-rights activist and Universalist minister: first American woman ordained by a major church.
any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620–585 nanometres
a dye or pigment producing these colours
of the colour brown
(of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour
deeply tanned or sunburnt
to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown
Etymology: Old English brūn; related to Old Norse brūnn, Old High German brūn, Greek phrunos toad, Sanskrit babhru reddish-brownˈbrownish, ˈbrownyˈbrownness
Sir Arthur Whitten (ˈwɪtən ). 1886–1948, British aviator who with J.W. Alcock made the first flight across the Atlantic (1919)
Ford Madox. 1821–93, British painter, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings include The Last of England (1865) and Work (1865)
George (Alfred), Lord George-Brown. 1914–85, British Labour politician; vice-chairman and deputy leader of the Labour party (1960–70); foreign secretary 1966–68
George Mackay. 1921–96, Scottish poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His works, which include the novels Greenvoe (1972) and Magnus (1973), reflect the history and culture of Orkney
(James) Gordon. born 1951, British Labour politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer (1997–2007); prime minister (2007–10)
Herbert Charles. 1912–2004, US chemist, who worked on the compounds of boron. Nobel prize for chemistry 1979
James. 1933–2006, US soul singer and songwriter, noted for his dynamic stage performances and for his commitment to Black rights
John. 1800–59, US abolitionist leader, hanged after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of enslaved people at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Lancelot, called Capability Brown. 1716–83, British landscape gardener
Michael (Stuart). born 1941, US physician: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1985) for work on cholesterol
Robert. 1773–1858, Scottish botanist who was the first to observe the Brownian movement in fluids
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