Word Finder - brown

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A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.

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The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

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One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.

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Black tar heroin.

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A copper coin.

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A brown horse or other animal.

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(sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.

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Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).

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Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.

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A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

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To become brown.

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Fry the onions until they brown.

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To cook something until it becomes brown.

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Brown the onions in a large frying pan.

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To tan.

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Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.

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To make brown or dusky.

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To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.

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(usually derogatory) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.

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the browning of America

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To treat with deference, or respect.

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Having a brown colour.

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Gloomy.

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(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

He met Bianca's beautiful brown eyes.

Her hair was brown and frizzy.

Warm brown eyes turned on Lisa again with concern.

He led her into a large study with a huge, brown leather couch near a dead hearth.

My brown bread will soon be gone.

Her large brown eyes took in Lisa with surprise and she threw her son a questioning look.

Jonny's brown eyes, now black, traveled past Dusty to Damian.

I hope the baby has his beautiful brown eyes.

I told her that her hair was brown, and she asked, "Is brown very pretty?"

His brown eyes were shadowed, his Hispanic features the color of caramel.

She squinted, realizing the two furry brown monsters were men in costumes from Where the Wild Things Are.

His eyes were white then black then changed from every color in between, his brown hair of medium length and wavy, ruffled by the sea breeze.

Tell this nice man the truth, she said, meeting the twinkling brown eyes.

He watched the mage in brown scuttle away.

They were a soft, sable brown with specs of black that seemed to swirl in motion around her pupils like two tiny solar systems.

She had short brown hair and kind hazel eyes.

She looked up at him from her hurt wrist, pain in her brown eyes.

The occupant of the large chair in the corner of the living room launched towards her in a flurry of brown and black fur.

His uniform was torn, and blood turned the gray color brown.

The convent members who managed the Sanctuary had replaced the wall Rhyn knocked down with a row of brown tents that matched their dresses.  Rhyn eased between two of them, aware of Kiki's fading pulse.  He set his brother down on the ground and looked around wildly, hoping they hadn't sent Katie's Ancient Healer, Lankha, home to the underworld.

With large, brown eyes and dark hair, she was toned and tall, a model's body with an extra layer of muscle.

All are built in the Doric style, of the local porous stone, which is of a warm red brown colour, full of fossil shells and easily corroded when exposed to the air.

The oxide is a black or brown powder according as it is prepared from the exalate or sulphate, and when pure it is non-fluorescent, but mixed with gadolinia or alumina it possesses this property.

G, Section showing thick-walled cells of the cortex in a Brown Alga (seaweed).

You will notice my braids are tied with yellow, pink, brown, red, green, white and black; but I have no blue ribbons.

That difference gives me brown eyes and you blue eyes.

The anemone, the wild violet, the hepatica, and the funny little curled-up ferns all peeped out at us from beneath the brown leaves.

Near at hand, upon the topmost spray of a birch, sings the brown thrasher--or red mavis, as some love to call him--all the morning, glad of your society, that would find out another farmer's field if yours were not here.

I have water from the spring, and a loaf of brown bread on the shelf.--Hark!

Here it is! was seen even on Prince Bagration's hard brown face with its half-closed, dull, sleepy eyes.

One piece should be green; the other should be brown.

He reached into his jacket and produced an embossed invitation in peach and brown.

Brown eyes with long white lashes stared at Carmen with obvious curiosity.

Her expression was grave, her brown eyes solemn.

Warm brown eyes gazed down at her from a sun-bronzed face.

She shook like a leaf in a thunderstorm, her warm brown eyes wide and tears streaming down her cheeks.

With her sexy little body, full lips, and huge brown eyes … In a different world, maybe.

It's ham with a maple syrup and brown sugar glaze on it.

Lastly, I examined a brown freckle of mine near my left ear.

I'm strictly a stay-at-home couch detective, behind the scenes, back-room guy, like Father Brown or Nero Wolfe.

The filly was mostly white with a few brown spots – almost the opposite of her mother.

Both Tim and Jim had brown hair and blue eyes, but their personalities were as different as day and night — just like Katie and Alex.

Alex was in short sleeves today, his brown muscular arms exposed to the warm sun.

With her large, warm brown eyes, plumped lips, and fingers stopped just north of his belt, Darian began to believe her about not needing her magic.

They were magnificent, powerful creatures in varying hues of gold and brown.

His eyes, so light in color they were more golden than brown, penetrated her thoughts with every look.

He had black hair and dark brown eyes that never seemed to look directly at anyone.

His curly brown hair stopped somewhere short of being unruly, but it was clean and clipped short.

He glanced up and met her startled gaze with eyes the color of fine amber - not brown, not yellow, but an indistinct mixture of both.

He smiled warmly when he met her gaze, a twinkle of amusement deepening the amber color to brown.