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Meaning of brown

noun

A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. Example: The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
Black tar heroin.
A copper coin.
A brown horse or other animal.

verb

To become brown. Example: Fry the onions until they brown.
To cook something until it becomes brown. Example: Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
To tan. Example: Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
To make brown or dusky.
To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

adjective

Having a brown colour.
Gloomy.
(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

Source: Free Dictionary API.

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