Brown

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue. 1.2 a person whose skin has a dusky or light-brown pigmentation. 2 Adjective 2.1 of the color brown. 2.2 (of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color. 2.3 sunburned or tanned. 2.4 (of persons) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color. 3 Verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 3.1 to make or become brown. 3.2 to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking 4 Verb phrase 4.1 brown out, to subject to a brownout 5 Idioms 5.1 browned off 5.2 do it up brown 6 Synonyms 6.1 adjective

Noun

a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.

a person whose skin has a dusky or light-brown pigmentation.

Adjective

of the color brown.

(of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color.

sunburned or tanned.

(of persons) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color.

Verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

to make or become brown.

to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking

to brown onions before adding them to the stew. The potatoes browned in the pan.

Verb phrase

brown out, to subject to a brownout

The power failure browned out the southern half of the state.

Idioms

browned off

Slang . angry; fed up.

do it up brown

Informal . to do thoroughly

When they entertain, they really do it up brown.

Synonyms

adjective

amber , auburn , bay , beige , bister , brick , bronze , buff , burnt sienna , chestnut , chocolate , cinnamon , cocoa , coffee , copper , drab , dust , ecru , fawn , ginger , hazel , henna , khaki , mahogany , nut , ochre , puce , russet , rust , sepia , snuff-colored , sorrel , tan , tawny , terra-cotta , toast , umber , brunette , cordovan , dun , dusky , fulvous , swarthy