brown
brown is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow.
- 2.To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
- 3.To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. Ure.
- 4.To become brown.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adobe
- ammunition
- and
- arms
- auburn
- baggage
- bay
- berry
- bister
- brick
- bronze
- brunette
- calico
- cambric
- cashmere
- cement
- chestnut
- chocolate
- cinnamon
- clapboard
- clay
- compo
- composition
- concrete
- crockery
- dapple
- daubing
- embrown
- fawn-colored
- food
- foxy
- fuel
- fuscous
- grist
- household
- khaki
- leaves
- liver-colored
- mahogany
- maroon
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is brown.
- What is to make brown or dusky. A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves. Barlow called?
- What is to make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour called?
- What is to give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. Ure called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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