brown

Meanings

Plural: browns

Noun

an orange of low brightness and saturation
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
a university in Rhode Island
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
Black tar heroin.
A copper coin.
A brown horse or other animal.
A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.

Verb

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"
To become brown.
To cook something until it becomes brown.
To tan.
To make brown or dusky.
To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Adjective Satellite

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

Adj

Having a brown colour.
Gloomy.
Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Latino/Latin American
Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
of color.
Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
South Asian or sometimes Middle Eastern or North African
Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.
Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or sometimes Native American
Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin.
Cognates
* Dutch bruin
* German braun
* Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrúnē), φρῦνος (phrûnos, “toad”)
* Latin brunneus (“brown”)
* Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”)
* Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”)
* West Frisian brún

Synonyms

Brown University, browned, brownify, brownish, brownness, chocolate-brown, dark-brown, embrown, John Brown, Robert Brown

Scrabble Score: 10

brown is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
brown is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
brown is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

brown is a valid Words With Friends word