■ adjective
1》 of a colour produced by mixing red, yellow, and blue, as of dark wood or rich soil.
2》 dark-skinned or suntanned.
■ noun
1》 ~ colour, pigment, or material.
2》 used in names of various butterflies with mainly ~ wings, e.g. meadow ~ .
■ verb
1》 make or become ~ by cooking.
2》 ( be ~ed off ) Brit. informal be irritated or depressed.
Phrases
( as ) ~ as a berry very suntanned.
Derivatives
~ish adjective
~ness noun
~y adjective
Origin
OE brūn , of Gmc origin.