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Synonyms for brown

Grammar : Adj
Spell : broun
Phonetic Transcription : braÊŠn

Top 10 synonyms for brown
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Définition of brown

Origin :
  • Old English brun "dark, dusky," developing a definite color sense only 13c., from Proto-Germanic *brunaz (cf. Old Norse brunn, Danish brun, Old Frisian and Old High German brun, Dutch bruin, German braun), from PIE *bher- (3) "shining, brown" (cf. Lithuanian beras "brown"), related to *bheros "dark animal" (cf. beaver, bear (n.), and Greek phrynos "toad," literally "the brown animal").
  • The Old English word also had a sense of "brightness, shining," preserved only in burnish. The Germanic word was adopted into Romanic (e.g. Middle Latin brunus, Italian and Spanish bruno, French brun). Brown Bess, slang name for old British Army flintlock musket, first recorded 1785.
  • adj dark, burnished color
Example sentences :
  • He was smoking his big briar and drinking a huge glass of brown beer.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Then wipe the meat carefully and brown it on all sides in the fat.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Brown them on one side, then turn them and brown them on the other side.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • Actually his brown eyes rested on the face of the girl above him.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It was brown as to crust, and flaky and light as to interior.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • The residue is of a brown color, and has a saline, bitter taste.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • Katy stood in what is commonly designated as a "brown study."
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • He laid his brown cheek against the place where he remembered them to have rested.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • This is Brown—Harry Brown—the nightman at the mine down here.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • Captain Smith affected a cough, and put his brown mare into a canter.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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