Definition of brown

• superl. - Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
• n. - A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
• v. t. - To make brown or dusky.
• v. t. - To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
• v. t. - To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
• v. i. - To become brown.
• superl. - Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
• n. - A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
• v. t. - To make brown or dusky.
• v. t. - To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
• v. t. - To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
• v. i. - To become brown.