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# brown

adjective (brown, browner, brownest); noun (brown); verb (brown, browns, browned, browning)

«brown» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Brown is the colour of chocolate, wood or soil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#m1)
2. To brown food is to cook it until its outside turns brown, like toast or onions. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths: a colour that sorts things into groups to count or compare; parts add up to the whole. In art: mix red, yellow and blue (or orange and blue) to make brown. In science: leaves turn brown in autumn; brown bears. In cooking: brown bread, brown sugar, brown the meat. Phrases: dark brown, light brown, brown bread, brown paper, brown eyes.

### Examples

- There are 12 brown and 7 white eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x1)
- She has 4 brown dogs and 2 black dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x2)
- How many of the 30 bears are brown? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x3)
- 9 brown cows are in the barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x4)
- The leaves turn brown and fall in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x5)
- He has brown hair and brown eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x6)
- Wrap the parcel in brown paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x7)
- Brown the onions in a pan before adding the soup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x8)
- What beautiful brown spots on your face! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/#x9)

### Note

Colour words are adjectives and nouns. A colour that makes groups; parts add up to the whole. No clue by itself. Myth: brown eggs and white eggs are the same inside; the shell colour depends on the hen.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brown/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brown» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brown.html) on Mova free.