brown
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈbɹaʊ̯n/]
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1. brown (noun) — sense 1
Definition: A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
Example: The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
2. brown (noun) — sense 2
Definition: One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
3. brown (noun) — sense 3
Definition: Black tar heroin.
4. brown (adj) — sense 4
Definition: Having a brown color/colour.
Example: But none of those brown dwarfs were speeding along on a trajectory that would carry them out of the galaxy like “runaway” hypervelocity stars observed by astronomers in the last two decades.
5. brown (adj) — sense 5
Definition: Gloomy.
6. brown (adj) — sense 6
Definition: Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.: Latino/Latin American
Example: Reminds me of the time they asked me and a group of other Latino, predominantly Mexican, friends for our passports when we tried to go to their [expletive] party a little over a year ago.[…]
The saddest part is that I don’t think they understand why it’s insulting to ask a brown person for a passport.
7. brown (verb) — sense 7
Definition: To become brown.
Example: Fry the onions until they brown.
8. brown (verb) — sense 8
Definition: Synonym of poop (“to defecate”).
Example: I've just browned myself.
9. brown (verb) — sense 9
Definition: To cook something until it becomes brown.
Example: Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […]
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