Definitions
1.nounA colour like that of chocolate or coffee."The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel."
2.nounOne of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
3.nounBlack tar heroin.
4.nounA copper coin.
5.nounA brown horse or other animal.
6.noun(sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
7.nounAny of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
8.nounAny of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
9.nounA brown trout (Salmo trutta).
10.verbTo become brown."Fry the onions until they brown."
11.verbTo cook something until it becomes brown."Brown the onions in a large frying pan."
12.verbTo tan."Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun."
13.verbTo make brown or dusky.
14.verbTo give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
15.verb(usually derogatory) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region."the browning of America"
16.verbTo treat with deference, or respect.
17.adjectiveHaving a brown colour.
18.adjectiveGloomy.
19.adjective(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.