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brown

/bɹaʊ̯n/ verbe C2

En français : brunir, faire dorer, faire revenir, faire roussir

  1. To become brown. (intransitive) · Fry the onions until they brown.
  2. Synonym of poop (“to defecate”). · I've just browned myself.
  3. To cook something until it becomes brown. (transitive)
  4. To tan. (intransitive, transitive) · Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
  5. To make brown or dusky. (transitive)
  6. To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface. (transitive)
  7. To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region. (intransitive, slang, transitive) · the browning of America

He/she/it browns · Prétérit browned · Participe passé browned · Forme en -ing browning

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
brown
He/she/it
browns
Prétérit
browned
Participe passé
browned
Forme en -ing
browning

Dans la bibliothèque

Down on the roof so brown--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 11 · C1
The man whom we had known as Douglas turned up his own coat and cuff to show a brown triangle within a circle exactly like that which we had seen upon the dead man.
The Valley of Fear, p. 98 · C1
With these words the Witch fell down in a brown, melted, shapeless mass and began to spread over the clean boards of the kitchen floor.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 90 · B2
DARK brown is the river,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 4 · C1

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