Brown - Definition

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]