"brownify" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: brownifies [present, singular, third-person], brownifying [participle, present], brownified [participle, past], brownified [past]
Etymology: brown + -ify Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|brown|ify}} brown + -ify Head templates: {{en-verb}} brownify (third-person singular simple present brownifies, present participle brownifying, simple past and past participle brownified)
  1. To make or become more brown.
    (in particular, informal) To cause to contain more racially 'brown' people, elements, or culture.
    Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-brownify-en-verb-SnqTAYvt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ify Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ify: 59 29 11
  2. To make or become more brown.
    (in particular, ecology, of a lake or stream) To become brown due to increased levels of humic material.
    Categories (topical): Ecology
    Sense id: en-brownify-en-verb-fDfV1Vc8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 47 5 Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
  3. To make or become more brown.
    Sense id: en-brownify-en-verb-6B2MgzEk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: embrown Derived forms: brownification Related terms: browning [noun], brown [verb], brunification

Inflected forms

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