brown

brown

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈbɹaʊ̯n/]

Senses

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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