| brown | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. brown, brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation. |
| ~ chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | a color that has hue. |
| ~ vandyke brown | a moderate brown color. |
| ~ chestnut | the brown color of chestnuts. |
| ~ deep brown, burnt umber, umber, chocolate, coffee | a medium brown to dark-brown color. |
| ~ hazel | a shade of brown that is yellowish or reddish; it is a greenish shade of brown when used to describe the color of someone's eyes. |
| ~ light brown | a brown that is light but unsaturated. |
| ~ mocha | a dark brown color. |
| ~ burnt sienna, reddish brown, sepia, venetian red, mahogany | a shade of brown with a tinge of red. |
| ~ caramel brown, raw sienna, yellowish brown, caramel, buff | a medium to dark tan color. |
| ~ puce | a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red. |
| ~ olive brown | a shade of brown tinged with green. |
| ~ taupe | a greyish brown. |
| n. (person) | 2. brown, robert brown | Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858). |
| ~ botanist, phytologist, plant scientist | a biologist specializing in the study of plants. |
| n. (person) | 3. brown, john brown | abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859). |
| ~ abolitionist, emancipationist | a reformer who favors abolishing slavery. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. brown, brown university | a university in Rhode Island. |
| ~ university | establishment where a seat of higher learning is housed, including administrative and living quarters as well as facilities for research and teaching. |
| ~ ivy league | a league of universities and colleges in the northeastern United States that have a reputation for scholastic achievement and social prestige. |
| ~ little rhody, ocean state, rhode island, ri | a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state. |
| v. (change) | 5. brown | fry in a pan until it changes color.; "brown the meat in the pan" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| v. (change) | 6. brown, embrown | make brown in color.; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| adj. | 7. brown, brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown | of a color similar to that of wood or earth. |
| ~ chromatic | being or having or characterized by hue. |
| adj. | 8. brown, browned | (of skin) deeply suntanned. |
| ~ brunet, brunette | marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes.; "a brunette beauty" |
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