brown
an orange of low brightness and saturation
How often you will meet it
Rank 810 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,407 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an orange of low brightness and saturation also: brownness
- Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858) also: Robert Brown
- abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859) also: John Brown
- a university in Rhode Island also: Brown University
verb
- fry in a pan until it changes color brown the meat in the pan
- make brown in color also: embrown the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
adjective
- of a color similar to that of wood or earth also: brownish, chocolate-brown, dark-brown
- (of skin) deeply suntanned also: browned
brown in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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John Brown, aged thirty-one, good, gentle, bashful, timid, lived in a quiet village in Missouri.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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She had put on her revived brown skirt and a white linen blouse with a brown dot on it.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Lord Henry stroked his pointed brown beard and tapped the toe of his patent-leather boot with a tasselled ebony cane.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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With her head up and her brown eyes fixed on Phelps gate-way she hurried along--and did not look at him.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Messrs. Little, Brown & Company have granted permission for the republication of "The Man Without a Country" by Edward Everett Hale.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1