maroon

ma·roon ¹  (m-rn)

tr.v. ma·rooned, ma·roon·ing, ma·roons

1. To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.

2. To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape: The travelers were marooned by the blizzard.

n.

1. often Maroon

a. A fugitive Black slave in the West Indies in the 17th and 18th centuries.

b. A descendant of such a slave.

2. A person who is marooned, as on an island.

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[From French marron, fugitive slave, from American Spanish cimarrón, wild, runaway, perhaps from cima, summit (from runaways' fleeing to the mountains), from Latin cma, sprout; see cyma.]

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ma·roon ²  (m-rn)

n.

A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

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[French marron, chestnut, from Italian marrone.]

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maroon ¹

Verb

1. to abandon someone in a deserted area, esp. on an island

2. to isolate in a helpless situation: we're marooned here until the snow stops [American Spanish cimarrón wild]

marooned adj

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maroon ²

Adjective

dark purplish-red

Noun

an exploding firework or flare used as a warning signal [French: chestnut]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	maroon - a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there" unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
	2.	maroon - a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color purplish red, purplish-red - a red with a tinge of purple
	3.	maroon - an exploding firework used as a warning signal firework, pyrotechnic - (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.
Verb	1.	maroon - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" strand desert, desolate, forsake, abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
	2.	maroon - leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" isolate, insulate - place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners from the other inmates"
Adj.	1.	maroon - of dark brownish to purplish red brownish-red chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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maroon

verb abandon, leave, desert, strand, leave high and dry (informal) cast away, cast ashore

Translations

maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned (= shipwrecked) → naufragar;

(fig) → quedar abandonado adj → granate inv

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maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned → être abandonné(e) (fig); être bloqué(e) adj (= colour) → bordeaux inv

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maroon [məˈruːn] vt to be marooned → festsitzen adj → kastanienbraun

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maroon [məˈruːn] vt (fig): to be marooned (in or at) → essere abbandonato/a (in)

adj → bordeaux inv

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maroon¹

n maroon [məˈruːn]

a dark brownish-red colour a deep shade of maroon; (also adjective ) a large maroon car. maroen لون كَسْتَنائي червенокафяв kaštanová hněď; kaštanově hnědý rødbrun das Kastanienbraun; kastanienbraun μπορντό granate kastanpruun خرمایی punaruskea bordeaux צֶבַע חוּם עַרמוֹנִי गाढा़ भूरा रंग kestenjast gesztenyebarna coklat tua kemerahan dumbrauður, brúnrauður (color rosso cupo) くり色 (の) 적갈색(의) kaštoninė spalva sarkanbrūna krāsa warna merah manggis kastanjebruin rødbrun kasztanowaty cor de vinho castaniu тёмно-бордовый (цвет) gaštanovohnedá farba; gaštanovohnedý kostanjeva barva kestenjast rödbrun färg สีแดงม่วงเข้มอมน้ำตาล vişne çürüğü renk 栗色 каштановий колір گہرے قرمزی کشمشی رنگ کا màu nâu sẫm 栗色