brown
an orange of low brightness and saturation (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
brownness
• Derivationally related forms:
brown (for: brownness)
• Hypernyms:
chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour
• Hyponyms:
Vandyke brown, chestnut, chocolate, coffee, deep brown,
umber, burnt umber, hazel, light brown, mocha, reddish brown,
sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany, yellowish brown, raw sienna,
buff, caramel, caramel brown, puce, olive brown, taupe
1. fry in a pan until it changes color (Freq. 1)
- brown the meat in the pan
• Topics:
cooking, cookery, preparation
• Hypernyms:
cook
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs brown the vegetables
2. make brown in color
- the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
• Syn:
embrown
• Hypernyms:
color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize,
colour, color in, colour in
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. of a color similar to that of wood or earth (Freq. 38)
• Syn:
brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown
• Similar to:
chromatic
• Derivationally related forms:
brownness
2. (of skin) deeply suntanned
• Syn:
browned
• Similar to:
brunet, brunette
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