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brown

Definition

  • noun: a color like the color of coffee or chocolate
  • noun: any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium to low lightness, and of moderate to low saturation
  • verb: to make (something) brown or to become brown especially by cooking or heating
  • verb: to become brown
  • adjective: having a color like coffee or chocolate
  • adjective: of the color brown
  • synonyms: lurid, foxy, hazel

Examples

  • workers whose backs are 'brown' from long hours in the sun

  • The chicken is 'browning' in the oven.

  • The room was decorated in 'brown'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) the first rule of self-defense. Never allow yourself to be taken by surprise. I didn't expect to see you out of the hospital so soon. My brown suit. Give me the valet. I see they've done an excellent job of restoration on your little yellow skin. Valet, this is Inspector Clouseau. Please send up my brow- Well, please send down my brown suit immediately. I cannot wait. Well, as quick as you possibly can. Quicker, please. Thank you. I can't wait for them. Help me get dressed. (..)
    1975 The Return of the Pink Panther