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# brownish

adjective (brownish)

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

## Everyday

1. Slightly brown; of a colour that is close to brown but not quite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#m1)
2. Brown mixed with another colour, as in brownish-green or brownish-red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in describing things in stories and in science (the colour of a leaf, a rock, soil, an animal's fur). The ending -ish means «a bit» or «rather»: brownish, greenish, tallish, smallish. Often joined to another colour: brownish-yellow, brownish-grey.

### Examples

- The pond water looked brownish after the rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x1)
- The Water Rat's coat was a soft brownish colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x2)
- The leaves turn brownish in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x3)
- We found a brownish rock with white stripes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x4)
- Her eyes are brownish-green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x5)
- The old photo had gone brownish with age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x6)
- Mole saw a brownish shape moving among the reeds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x7)
- The bread was toasted until it was brownish on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brownish/#x8)

### Note

Adjective only; no plural. Spelled with -ish added to brown. -ish makes a colour less exact: brownish = «more or less brown». Do not confuse with «brownie» (a small cake, or a young Girl Guide).

## On Mova

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