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Brown  (broun), Charles Brockden 1771-1810.

American writer and editor who is considered America's first professional novelist. Brown is best known for his Gothic romances, such as Wieland (1798), Ormund (1799), and Jane Talbot (1801).

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Brown, Clifford Known as "Brownie." 1930-1956.

American jazz trumpeter whose work, especially as a member of the quintet he formed with Max Roach (1954-1956), influenced jazz improvisation and bop styles.

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Brown, Herbert Charles 1912-2004.

British-born American chemist. He shared a 1979 Nobel Prize for discoveries in the chemistry of boron and phosphorus.

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Brown, James 1933-2006.

American singer. First popular in the 1950s with hits like "Please, Please, Please," he is often called the "Godfather of Soul."

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Brown, James Nathaniel Known as "Jim." Born 1936.

American football player. A running back with the Cleveland Browns (1957-1971), he led the National Football League in rushing for eight of his nine seasons and is listed as one of the NFL all-time rushing leaders.

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Brown, John 1800-1859.

American abolitionist. In 1859 Brown and 21 followers captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry as part of an effort to liberate Southern slaves. His group was defeated, and Brown was hanged after a trial in which he won sympathy as an abolitionist martyr.

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Brown, Margaret Wise 1910-1952.

American author of children's picture books, including the Noisy Book series (1939) and Goodnight Moon (1947).

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Brown, Olympia 1835-1926.

American Universalist minister and suffragist who was the first woman in the United States to be ordained in the ministry of an established denomination (1863).

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Brown, Robert 1773-1858.

British botanist who made an extensive collection of plants during a voyage to Australia. His observation of the irregular movement of pollen grains suspended in water led to the concept known as Brownian motion.

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brown  (broun)

n.

Any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue that are medium to low in lightness and low to moderate in saturation.

adj. brown·er, brown·est

1. Of the color brown.

2.

a. Having a brownish or dark skin color.

b. Often Offensive Of or being a person of nonwhite origin.

3. Deeply suntanned.

tr. & intr.v. browned, brown·ing, browns

1. To make or become brown.

2. To cook until brown.

Phrasal Verb:

brown off Chiefly British Slang

To make angry or irritated.

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[Middle English, from Old English brn; see bher-² in Indo-European roots.]

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brownish adj.

brownness n.

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brown [braʊn]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) any of various colours, such as those of wood or earth, produced by low intensity light in the wavelength range 620-585 nanometres

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a dye or pigment producing these colours

3. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) brown cloth or clothing dressed in brown

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous mostly reddish-brown butterflies of the genera Maniola, Lasiommata, etc., such as M. jurtina (meadow brown): family Satyridae

adj

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) of the colour brown

2. (Cookery) (of bread) made from a flour that has not been bleached or bolted, such as wheatmeal or wholemeal flour

3. deeply tanned or sunburnt

vb

to make (esp food as a result of cooking) brown or (esp of food) to become brown

[Old English brūn; related to Old Norse brūnn, Old High German brūn, Greek phrunos toad, Sanskrit babhru reddish-brown]

brownish , browny adj

brownness  n

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Brown [braʊn]

n

1. (Biographies / Brown, Sir Arthur Whitten (1886-1948) M, British, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: aviator) Sir Arthur Whitten (ˈwɪt^ən). 1886-1948, British aviator who with J. W. Alcock made the first flight across the Atlantic (1919)

2. (Biographies / Brown, Ford Madox (1821-1893) M, British, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Ford Madox. 1821-93, British painter, associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. His paintings include The Last of England (1865) and Work (1865)

3. (Biographies / Brown, George (Alfred) (1914-1985) M, British, POLITICS: statesman) George (Alfred), Lord George-Brown. 1914-85, British Labour politician; vice-chairman and deputy leader of the Labour party (1960-70); foreign secretary 1966-68

4. (Biographies / Brown, George Mackay (1921-1996) M, Scottish, WRITING: poet, WRITING: novelist, WRITING: short-story writer) George Mackay. 1921-96, Scottish poet, novelist, and short-story writer. His works, which include the novels Greenvoe (1972) and Magnus (1973), reflect the history and culture of Orkney

5. (Biographies / Brown, James) Gordon (1951 M, British, POLITICS: statesman) (James) Gordon. born 1951, British Labour politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997

6. (Biographies / Brown, Herbert Charles (1912 M, US, SCIENCE: chemist) Herbert Charles. born 1912, US chemist, who worked on the compounds of boron. Nobel prize for chemistry 1979

7. (Biographies / Brown, James (1928 M, US, MUSIC: soul singer, MUSIC: songwriter) James. born 1928, US soul singer and songwriter, noted for his dynamic stage performances and for his commitment to Black rights

8. (Biographies / Brown, John (1800-1859) M, US, POLITICS: abolitionist leader) John. 1800-59, US abolitionist leader, hanged after leading an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves at Harper's Ferry, Virginia

9. (Biographies / Brown, Lancelot (1716-1783) M, British, TECHNOLOGY: gardener) Lancelot, called Capability Brown. 1716-83, British landscape gardener

10. (Biographies / Brown, Michael (Stuart) (1941 M, US, MEDICINE: physician) Michael (Stuart). born 1941, US physician: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1985) for work on cholesterol

11. (Biographies / Brown, Robert (1773-1858) M, Scottish, SCIENCE: botanist) Robert. 1773-1858, Scottish botanist who was the first to observe the Brownian movement in fluids

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Brown 

See Also: COLORS

1. (Wine) as brown as November leaves —Wilbur Daniel Steele
2. [Pupils of eyes] brown and shiny like melting chocolate —Margaret Millar
3. Brown as a berry —Geoffrey Chaucer

   The old English original read “Broun as is a berye.”

4. (His face was) brown as an old boot —Christopher Isherwood

   See Also: TOUGHNESS

5. Brown as an old daguerreotype fading —Robert Penn Warren
6. Brown as a nut —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
7. (Cheeks) brown as oak-leaves —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
8. (Hair) brown as a pecan shell —Reynolds Price
9. Brown as cinnamon —Truman Capote
10. Brown as onion soup —Saul Bellow
11. Brown as rust —George Garrett
12. (A tan) brown as seven-grain bread —Patricia Henley
13. (A girl as) brown as the ground —Cynthia Ozick
14. Brown as tobacco spit brew —Truman Capote
15. Brown … like the color of the basket —H. E. Bates
16. A dreggy brown, like bad coffee —Irvin S. Cobb
17. Pale brown, like canvas —Mary McCarthy

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brown - an orange of low brightness and saturation brownness 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, umber, burnt 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
	2.	Brown - Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) Robert Brown
	3.	Brown - abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) John Brown
	4.	Brown - a university in Rhode Island Brown University 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
Verb	1.	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"
	2.	brown - make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" embrown 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.	1.	brown - of a color similar to that of wood or earth brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	2.	brown - (of skin) deeply suntanned browned brunet, brunette - marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes; "a brunette beauty"

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brown

adjective

1. brunette, dark, bay, coffee, chocolate, brick, toasted, ginger, rust, chestnut, hazel, dun, auburn, tawny, umber, donkey brown, fuscous her deep brown eyes

2. tanned, browned, bronze, bronzed, tan, dusky, sunburnt rows of bodies slowly going brown in the sun

3. wholemeal, wholegrain, untreated, unrefined, coarse-grained, unpurified brown bread

verb

fry, cook, grill, sear, sauté He browned the chicken in a frying pan.

Shades of brown

almond, amber, auburn, bay, beige, biscuit, bisque, bistre, bronze, buff, burnt sienna, burnt umber, butternut, café au lait, camel, chestnut, chocolate, cinnabar, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, copper, cream, drab, dun, ecru, fawn, ginger, hazel, henna, khaki, liver, mahogany, mocha, mousy, mushroom, neutral, nutbrown, nutmeg, oatmeal, oxblood, russet, rust, sable, sand, seal brown, sepia, sienna, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, teak, terracotta, tortoiseshell, umber, walnut

Translations

brown [braʊn]

A. ADJ (browner (compar) (brownest (superl)))

1. (gen) → marrón, color café(LAm); [hair] → castaño; [leather] → marrón

2. (= tanned) → moreno, bronceado; [skin] → moreno
to go brown → ponerse moreno, broncearse
as brown as a berry → muy moreno, bronceadísimo

B. N → marrón m, color m café(LAm); [of eyes, hair] → castaño m

C. VT

1. [sun] [+ person] → broncear, poner moreno

2. (Culin) → dorar

D. VI

1. [leaves etc] → volverse de color marrón

2. [skin] → ponerse moreno, broncearse

3. (Culin) → dorarse

E. CPD brown ale N → cerveza f oscura or negra
brown bear N → oso m pardo
brown belt N (in judo, karate) → cinturón m marrón
brown bread N → pan m negro, pan m moreno(Sp)
brown egg N → huevo m moreno
brown goods NPL → (productos mpl de) línea f marrón, (productos mpl de) gama f marrón
brown owl N (Orn) → autillo m
brown paper N → papel m de estraza
brown rice N → arroz m integral
brown sauce N (Brit) salsa de condimento, con sabor agridulce
brown study N to be in a brown study (o.f.) → estar absorto en sus pensamientos, estar en Babia
brown sugar N → azúcar m moreno

brown off VT + ADV (Brit) → fastidiar

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brown [ˈbraʊn]

adj → brun(e), marron inv

[hair] → châtain inv

(= tanned) [skin] → bronzé(e)
to go brown [person] → bronzer

[rice, bread, flour] → complet/ète

n (= colour) → brun m, marron m

vt [+ meat, vegetables] → faire dorer

vi

[leaves] → jaunir

[skin] → brunir

[food] → dorer
brown ale n sorte de bière brune
brown bread n → pain m complet
browned off [ˌbraʊndˈɒf] adj (mainly British) (= fed up) to be browned off → en avoir marre >, en avoir ras le bol >
brownfield site [ˈbraʊnfiːld] n → ancien site m industriel
brown goods npl → matériel m audiovisuel

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brown

adj (+er) → braun; (Cook) roast etc also → braun gebraten

n → Braun nt

vt (sun) skin, person → bräunen; (Cook) → (an)bräunen; meat also → anbraten

vi → braun werden

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brown:

brown ale

n → Malzbier nt

brown-bag

vi (US) to brown lunch → sein Mittagessen mit zur Arbeit bringen

brown bear

n → Braunbär m

brown bread

n → Grau- or Mischbrot nt; (from wholemeal) → Vollkornbrot nt; (darker) → Schwarzbrot nt

brown coal

n → Braunkohle f

brown-eyed

adj → braunäugig

brown goods

pl → hochwertige Konsumgüter pl (Fernsehgerät, Videorekorder etc)

brown-haired

adj → braunhaarig

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brown:

brown-nose (US inf)

vi → arschkriechen (inf, pej)

n → Arschkriecher(in) m(f) (inf, pej)

brownout

n (esp US: = blackout) → teilweiser Stromausfall; (during war) → teilweise Verdunkelung

brown owl

n

(Orn) → Waldkauz m

Brown Owl (in Brownies) → die weise Eule

brown paper

n → Packpapier nt

brown rat

n → Hausratte f

brown rice

n → geschälter Reis

brown sauce

n (Brit Cook) → braune Soße

Brown Shirt

n → Braunhemd nt (Hist)

brownstone

n (US: = material) → rötlich brauner Sandstein; (= house) → (rotes) Sandsteinhaus nt

brown study

n to be in a brown (liter) → geistesabwesend sein, in Gedanken verloren sein

brown sugar

n → brauner Zucker

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brown [braʊn]

1. adj (gen) → marrone, bruno/a; (hair) → castano/a; (bronzed, skin) → scuro/a, abbronzato/a
to go brown (person) → abbronzarsi (leaves) → ingiallire

2. n → marrone m

3. vt (Culin) (meat) → rosolare; (onion) → dorare

4. vi (Culin) → rosolarsi

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brown

adj brown [braun]

1 of a dark colour between red and yellow brown paint; Her eyes are brown. bruin بنّـي кафяв hnědý brun braun καφέ marrón pruun قهوهای ruskea marron; brun חוּם भूरा smeđ barna warna coklat marrone, castano 褐色の 갈색의 rudas brūns coklat bruin brun brązowy castanho maro; brun коричневый; карий hnedý rjav braon brun (สี) น้ำตาล kahverengi 褐色的 коричневий; карий بھورا ، براؤن nâu 褐色的

2 suntanned She was very brown after her holiday in Greece. bruingebrand أسْمَرُ اللون، أسْفع загорял от слънцето opálený brun; solbrændt braun μαυρισμένος από τον ήλιο moreno, bronceado pruun آفتاب خورده؛ سیه چرده ruskettunut bronzé שָׁזוּף धूप में रंग गहरा होना preplanuo barna terbakar matahari abbronzato 日焼けした 볕에 탄 nudegęs iededzis menjadi perang gebruind (sol)brun opalony bronzeado bronzat загорелый opálený porjavel brun, solbränd (สี) น้ำตาลเนื่องจากตากแดด esmerleşmiş, güneşten yanmış 曬黑的 смуглявий; загорілий دھوپ میں کیا ہو جلد کا بھورا رنگ rám nắng 晒黑的

n

1 (any shade of) a colour similar to toasted bread, tanned skin, coffee etc. bruin اللون البُنّي кафяво hněď brun das Braun το καφέ χρώμα marrón, tostado pruun خرمایی؛ قهوه ای تیره ruskea brun חוּם भूरा smeđa boja barna coklat castano, bruno 褐色 갈색 ruda spalva brūna krāsa berwarna coklat bruin brunt brąz castanho brun, cafeniu коричневый hnedá farba rjav braon boja brun färg, brunt สีเหมือนขนมปังปิ้ง ผิวที่ตากแดด กาแฟ ฯลฯ kahve renk 褐色 коричневий колір ڈبل روٹی کے توش ، کافی بھوری جلد کی طرح کا کوئی رنگ màu nâu 褐色

2 something (eg paint, polish etc) brown in colour I prefer the brown to the green. bruin البنّي кафяво hněď, hnedá barva brun das Braun υλικό καφέ χρώματος (π.χ. μπογιά) marrón pruun هر چیز قهوه ای ruskea brun צֶבָע חוּם भूरे रंग का पेंट, पालिश जैसी कोई चीज smeđe barna coklat marrone 褐色のもの 갈색의 어떤 것 ruda spalva brūna krāsa warna coklat iets bruins brunfarge brąz castanho cafe­niu, maro коричневый (цвет) hnedá farba rjava (barva) braon brun [] สิ่งของสีน้ำตาล kahverengi 褐色的東西 коричневий براؤن رنگ کی کوئی چیز vật có màu nâu 褐色

v

to make or become brown. bruineer, bruin maak, bruin word يَسْمَرُّ، يَتَسَفَّعُ правя нещо кафяво zhnědnout, zbarvit hnědě gøre brun; blive brun bräunen ροδίζω κτ., αποκτώ καφέ χρώμα poner moreno pruunistama, pruunistuma قهوه ای کردن ruskistaa brunir לְהַשחִים भूरा बनाना या बनना potamniti barnít, (le)barnul mencoklatkan rendere bruno; brunire 褐色にする 갈색이 되다 (nu)rudinti, (nu)rusti []brūnināt; iedegt mencoklatkan bruinen brune, (brun)steke zbrązowi(e)ć acastanhar a (se) colora în brun/cafeniu делать(ся) коричневым; загорать; зажаривать zafarbiť na hnedo porjaviti pocrneti bli brun, brunsteka, bryna ทำให้เป็นสีน้ำตาล esmerleş(tir)mek (使)變成褐色 фарбувати у коричневий, коричневіти بھورا کرنا یا بھورا ہونا nhuộm nâu （使）变成褐色

browned off

1 bored I feel really browned off in this wet weather. verveeld ضَجِر، مَلول отегчен otrávený led og ked af det hele; træt af det hele überdrüssig μπουχτισμένος fastidiado; harto, hasta las narices surmani tüdinud کسل؛ خسته pitkästynyt tanné de נִמאָס לוֹ बोर होना dosađivati se unja magát bosan stanco あきあきする 따분한 (man) įgriso garlaikots buhsan verveeld, landerig lei hele greia znudzony aborrecido plictisit недовольный otrávený zdolgočasen dojaditi uttråkad เหนื่อยหน่าย bıkmış, usanmış 厭倦的 замучений بور ہونا ، زچ ہونا ، پریشان ہونا chán ngấy 厌倦的

2 annoyed I'm browned off with his behaviour. vies مُنْزَعِج притеснен rozhněvaný sur; irriteret überdrüssig ενοχλημένος molesto tüdinud رنجیده ärsyyntynyt ennoyé de רוֹגֵז परेशान होना nervirati se elege van kesal infastidito うんざりする 화가 난 susierzinęs, įsižeidęs aizkaitināts menjengkelkan beu sur, irritert wściekły, obrażony incomodado sătul de раздражённый nahnevaný sit česa biti sit förargad, less รำคาญ öfkeli, kızgın 厭煩的 роздратований ناراض ہونا tức giận 烦恼的

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Brown → بُنيِّ hnědý brun braun καφετής marrón ruskea marron smeđ marrone 茶色の 갈색의 bruin brun brązowy castanho, marrom коричневый brun สีน้ำตาล kahverengi màu nâu 棕色的