brown
To become brownTo become brown.
» I want brown shoes, not black ones.
Ich will braune Schuhe, keine schwarzen. — MUIRIEL
Я хочу коричневые туфли, не чёрные. — Hellerick
Я хочу коричневые ботинки, а не чёрные. — marafon
Я хочу коричневі черевики, не чорні. — ChickenKiev
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(intransitive)To become brown.
Fry the onions until they brown.
bräunen, anbräunen
make brown in color
(childish)Synonym of poop (“to defecate”).
I've just browned myself.
(transitive)To cook something until it becomes brown.
bräunen, anbräunen
(intransitive, transitive)To tan.
Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
(transitive)To make brown or dusky.
(transitive)To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
(derogatory, ethnic, intransitive, offensive, slang, slur, transitive, usually)To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
the browning of America
Examples
679 sentencesI want brown shoes, not black ones.
Я хочу коричневі черевики, не чорні. — ChickenKiev
ruЯ хочу коричневые туфли, не чёрные. — Hellerick
deIch will braune Schuhe, keine schwarzen. — MUIRIEL
I think I like eating white rice better than brown rice.
Мені здається, я більше люблю їсти білий рис, ніж коричневий. — deniko
ruПожалуй, мне больше нравится обычный рис, чем бурый. — Karok
deIch denke, ich mag es lieber, weißen Reis zu essen als braunen. — Yorwba
His shoes are brown.
Його черевики коричневі. — deniko
ruЕго ботинки коричневые. — Biga
deSeine Schuhe sind braun. — MUIRIEL
He has brown eyes.
У нього карі очі. — deniko
ruУ него карие глаза. — marafon
deEr hat braune Augen. — MUIRIEL
Tom has brown hair.
Том має каштанове волосся. — deniko
ruУ Тома каштановые волосы. — sharptoothed
deTom hat braunes Haar. — Espi
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from PrInherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin.
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Forms
browns, browning, browned, brownedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
175 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- brown hair
- wearing a brown
- have brown hair
- brown rice
- brown shoes
- brown eyes
- wearing brown shoes
- dark brown
- has brown eyes
- eats brown rice
- brown coat
- brown hat
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.