browns

noun

1
A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
“The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.”
2
One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
3
Black tar heroin.
4
A copper coin.
5
A brown horse or other animal.
6
(sometimes capitalised) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance.
7
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae).
8
Any of certain species of nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae, such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
9
A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

1
To become brown.
“Fry the onions until they brown.”
2
To cook something until it becomes brown.
“Brown the onions in a large frying pan.”
3
To tan.
“Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.”
4
To make brown or dusky.
5
To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface.
6
(usually derogatory) To turn progressively more Middle Eastern, Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region.
“the browning of America”
7
To treat with deference, or respect.

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