| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  broun |
| NOUN: | Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation. | | ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: brown·er, brown·est
1. Of the color brown. 2a. Having a brownish or dark skin color. b. Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin. 3. Deeply suntanned. | | TRANSITIVE & INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: browned, brown·ing, browns
1. To make or become brown. 2. To cook until brown. | | PHRASAL VERB: | brown off Chiefly British Slang To make angry or irritated. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English br n. See bher-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | brown ish —ADJECTIVE
brownness —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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