"brown" meaning in English

See brown in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /braʊn/ Audio: en-us-brown.ogg [US], en-uk-brown.ogg [UK] Forms: brown [positive], browner [comparative], brownest [superlative]
Head templates: {{adj|brown|browner|brownest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Coloured brown.
    Sense id: simple-brown-en-adj-6IOu-Ljb

Noun

IPA: /braʊn/ Audio: en-us-brown.ogg [US], en-uk-brown.ogg [UK] Forms: brown [singular], browns [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Brown is one of the colors people can see
    Sense id: simple-brown-en-noun-uT6wr4jV

Verb

IPA: /braʊn/ Audio: en-us-brown.ogg [US], en-uk-brown.ogg [UK] Forms: brown [canonical], browns [third-person, singular], browned [past], browned [past, participle], browning [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you brown something, you cook it until it turns brown.
    Sense id: simple-brown-en-verb-x02g3Hxw
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