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# maroon

adjective (maroon); noun (maroon, a maroon, maroons); verb (maroon, maroons, marooned, marooning)

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

## Everyday

1. Maroon is a dark brownish-red colour, like the colour of some school uniforms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m1)
2. To maroon someone means to leave them alone in a place they cannot escape from, like a desert island; if you are marooned, you are stuck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m2)
3. The Maroons were people in Jamaica and other places who escaped slavery and built free communities in the mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m3)
4. (UK) A maroon is a loud firework rocket used as a signal, once used to call lifeboat crews. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m4)
5. (Australia) The Maroons is the nickname of the Queensland rugby league team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m5)

### In the lessons

In art lessons it is a colour name; in pirate stories sailors are marooned on islands; in history lessons the Maroons resisted slavery. Phrases: «maroon jumper», «marooned on an island», «marooned by the floods».

### Examples

- Our school jumpers are maroon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x1)
- The pirates marooned the captain on a tiny island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x2)
- We were marooned at home because of the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x3)
- Maroon is darker than red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x4)
- The Maroons of Jamaica fought for their freedom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x5)
- Robinson Crusoe was marooned for many years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x6)
- (Australia) The Maroons won the State of Origin match. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x7)
- The flood marooned the village for a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x8)

### Note

As a colour it does not change: «maroon socks». Marooned is often passive: «They were marooned». In cartoons «maroon» is sometimes said as a joke for «moron», which is an insult.

## On Mova

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