brown

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Synonyms: frown, crown, brow, brawn, blown, drown, grown, broon, rown, brows, broun

Antonyms: frown, crown, brow, brawn, blown, drown, grown, broon, rown, brows, broun

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q47071}}{{lb|en|countable|and|uncountable}} A [[colour]] like that of [[chocolate]] or [[coffee]].
2. {{lb|en|snooker|countable}} One of the [[colour]] balls used in [[snooker]], with a value of 4 points.
3. {{senseid|en|Q4922484}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[black tar heroin#English:_Q4922484|Black tar heroin]].
4. {{lb|en|slang|archaic|countable}} A [[copper]] [[coin]].
5. A brown [[horse]] or other [[animal]].
6. {{lb|en|sometimes capitalised|countable|informal|ethnic slur}} A person of mostly [[Latin American]] (or [[Latino]]), [[Middle Eastern]]/[[North African]], [[South Asia]]n, and sometimes [[Southeast Asia]]n, [[Pacific Islander]], or rarely [[Native American]] [[descent]]; a brown-skinned person; someone of [[mulatto]], or [[biracial]] appearance.
7. {{lb|en|entomology}} Any of various [[nymphalid]] butterflies of subfamily {{taxfmt|Satyrinae|subfamily}} (formerly the family {{taxlink|Satyridae|family}}), such as those of the genera {{taxlink|Heteronympha|genus}} and {{taxlink|Melanitis|genus}}.
8. {{lb|en|informal}} A {{l|en|brown trout}} ({{taxfmt|Salmo trutta|species}}).
9. {{lb|en|hunting|as "the brown"}} A mass of [[bird]]s or [[animal]]s that may be indiscriminately [[fire#Verb|fire]]d at.
10. A brown dye or pigment.
11. A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of brown pigment.

Adjective

1. Having a brown [[color]]/[[colour]].
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{U|gloomy}}.
3. {{lb|en|sometimes [[capitalized]]}} Of or relating to any of various [[ethnic group]]s having dark [[pigmentation]] of the [[skin]].
4. {{senseid|en|nongreen or antigreen}} Not [[green#English:_environmentally friendly|green]] ([[environment]]ally [[irresponsible]]); anti-[[green#English:_of a green party, environmentalism-oriented|green]] (against environmental protection).

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become brown.
2. {{lb|en|childish}} {{synonym of|en|poop|t=to [[defecate]]}}.
3. {{lb|en|cooking|transitive}} To cook something until it becomes brown.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|transitive}} To [[tan]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To make brown or dusky.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin [[coating]] of [[oxide]] on their surface.
7. {{lb|en|demography|transitive|intransitive|slang|ethnic slur|usually|derogatory|offensive}} To turn progressively more [[Hispanic]] or [[Latino]], in the context of the population of a geographic region.

Proper noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} {{surname|en}}.
2. {{place|en|locale|c/US}}.
3. {{topics|en|Universities}} {{w|Brown University}}.

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