"browns" in the noun sense
1. brown, brownness
an orange of low brightness and saturation
2. Brown, Robert Brown
Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
3. Brown, John Brown
abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
4. Brown University, Brown
a university in Rhode Island
"browns" in the verb sense
1. brown
fry in a pan until it changes color
"brown the meat in the pan"
2. embrown, brown
make brown in color
"the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
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