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Meaning of brown

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  brown
      adj 1: of a color similar to that of wood or earth [syn:
             {brown}, {brownish}, {chocolate-brown}, {dark-brown}]
      2: (of skin) deeply suntanned [syn: {brown}, {browned}]
      n 1: an orange of low brightness and saturation [syn: {brown},
           {brownness}]
      2: Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small
         particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
         [syn: {Brown}, {Robert Brown}]
      3: abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful
         raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) [syn: {Brown},
         {John Brown}]
      4: a university in Rhode Island [syn: {Brown University},
         {Brown}]
      v 1: fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the
           pan"
      2: make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the
         trees in the yard" [syn: {embrown}, {brown}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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