Brown
adjective
Color similar to wood or chocolate.
He wore a brown jacket.
noun
The color similar to wood or chocolate.
Brown is his favorite color.
verb
To turn brown by heating or cooking.
You have to brown the chicken before adding it to the stew.
noun
Surname originated from a nickname for a person with brown hair or complexion.
James Brown is a famous name in music industry.
adjective
Made from wheat from which the bran and germ have been removed.
Wholemeal bread has more fibre than brown bread.
Often appears as...
- brown rice
- brown bread
adjective
Having dark skin, typically brown in color.
He has brown faces due to constant exposure to the sun.
verb
To make things turn brown by heating or cooking.
She browned the butter in the pan.
adjective
Color similar to wood or chocolate.
He wore a brown jacket.
noun
The color similar to wood or chocolate.
Brown is his favorite color.
verb
To turn brown by heating or cooking.
You have to brown the chicken before adding it to the stew.
noun
Surname originated from a nickname for a person with brown hair or complexion.
James Brown is a famous name in music industry.
adjective
Made from wheat from which the bran and germ have been removed.
Wholemeal bread has more fibre than brown bread.
Often appears as...
- brown rice
- brown bread
adjective
Having dark skin, typically brown in color.
He has brown faces due to constant exposure to the sun.
verb
To make things turn brown by heating or cooking.
She browned the butter in the pan.
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Pro Tip 1/2Natural Association
Think of fall leaves or soil when picturing the color to associate it with nature.
The leaves turned a rich brown in October.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Solid
Brown can describe patterns or spots, not just solid colors.
She has a brown and white spotted dog.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Association
Think of fall leaves or soil when picturing the color to associate it with nature.
The leaves turned a rich brown in October.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Solid
Brown can describe patterns or spots, not just solid colors.
She has a brown and white spotted dog.
Pro Tip 1/2Natural Association
Think of fall leaves or soil when picturing the color to associate it with nature.
The leaves turned a rich brown in October.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Solid
Brown can describe patterns or spots, not just solid colors.
She has a brown and white spotted dog.
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The urgent need for...
black and brown people in this country it is the reason why kids are being killed on the streets by police officers and we cannot recover from that until we commit ourselves to a process of truth and reconciliation so I think this matters because we've got to create a new relationship to this history of giving a talk one time in an older man
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Can wildlife adapt to...
The brown color variant is the genetically dominant form of plumage in this species, but historically, the recessive pale gray variant triumphed because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in. However, less snow cover reduces opportunities for camouflage, so lately, this gray color variant
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Small Creatures In Need...
brown long-eared bats are strictly nocturnal and will emerge from their roost site about an hour after sunset only flying in the pitch dark and despite being the second most common bat species in the uk seeing one close-up is incredibly rare i can't believe how small she is she's
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Are food preservatives...
Other antioxidants like citric acid and ascorbic acid help cut produce keep its color by thwarting the enzyme that causes browning. Some compounds like sulfites can multitask. They're both antimicrobials and antioxidants. Sulfites may cause allergy symptoms in some people,
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What does my headscarf...
we've identified that there's a problem. There's a lack of opportunity, and that's due to unconscious bias. But you might be sitting there thinking, "I ain't brown. What's that got to do with me?" Let me offer you a solution. And as I've said before,
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The incredible history...
workers and government officials, and various exotic animals, indicating that Emperor Qin had more plans for the afterlife than simply waging war. All the figurines are sculpted from terracotta, or baked earth, a type of reddish brown clay.
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Sir David Attenborough...
we were in the territory where brown lemurs live they are becoming increasingly rare and the madagascar government has passed laws making it illegal for them to be caught but in the middle of the forest we came across this trap the poachers
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Alaska Brown Bear...
life in the depths of the forest a rare look into the private life things might not remain quite some cozy for the ground a for long humans are encroaching on their territory hunters come to Alaska to bag brown bears for trophies
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The science of...
When you look at an object, thousands of neurons in your posterior cortex fire. These neurons encode various characteristics of the spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow.
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Bears Brave Boiling...
boasts one of the highest densities of brown bears anywhere in the world being out in the open like this does not recommend it this one they have noticed
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The urgent need for...
black and brown people in this country it is the reason why kids are being killed on the streets by police officers and we cannot recover from that until we commit ourselves to a process of truth and reconciliation so I think this matters because we've got to create a new relationship to this history of giving a talk one time in an older man
Video examples
Can wildlife adapt to...
The brown color variant is the genetically dominant form of plumage in this species, but historically, the recessive pale gray variant triumphed because of its selective advantage in helping these predators blend in. However, less snow cover reduces opportunities for camouflage, so lately, this gray color variant
Video examples
Small Creatures In Need...
brown long-eared bats are strictly nocturnal and will emerge from their roost site about an hour after sunset only flying in the pitch dark and despite being the second most common bat species in the uk seeing one close-up is incredibly rare i can't believe how small she is she's
Video examples
Are food preservatives...
Other antioxidants like citric acid and ascorbic acid help cut produce keep its color by thwarting the enzyme that causes browning. Some compounds like sulfites can multitask. They're both antimicrobials and antioxidants. Sulfites may cause allergy symptoms in some people,
Video examples
What does my headscarf...
we've identified that there's a problem. There's a lack of opportunity, and that's due to unconscious bias. But you might be sitting there thinking, "I ain't brown. What's that got to do with me?" Let me offer you a solution. And as I've said before,
Video examples
The incredible history...
workers and government officials, and various exotic animals, indicating that Emperor Qin had more plans for the afterlife than simply waging war. All the figurines are sculpted from terracotta, or baked earth, a type of reddish brown clay.
Video examples
Sir David Attenborough...
we were in the territory where brown lemurs live they are becoming increasingly rare and the madagascar government has passed laws making it illegal for them to be caught but in the middle of the forest we came across this trap the poachers
Video examples
Alaska Brown Bear...
life in the depths of the forest a rare look into the private life things might not remain quite some cozy for the ground a for long humans are encroaching on their territory hunters come to Alaska to bag brown bears for trophies
Video examples
The science of...
When you look at an object, thousands of neurons in your posterior cortex fire. These neurons encode various characteristics of the spiky, fruit, brown, green, and yellow.
Video examples
Bears Brave Boiling...
boasts one of the highest densities of brown bears anywhere in the world being out in the open like this does not recommend it this one they have noticed
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Kamasi Washington
American Musician
If you look up, and you see that all of a sudden the world is really coming down on people with brown hair, I would think the people with black hair would look at that and go, 'Well, that could be me, and so, I shouldn't stand for that any more than those people with brown hair stand for it.
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Kelly Rowland
American Musician
I remember I went through a period where I didn't embrace my 'chocolatiness.' I don't know if that's a word, but I didn't embrace my chocolate lifestyle. Just being a chocolate, lovely brown skin girl and being proud of that.
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Shemar Moore
American Actor
You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy.
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Yance Ford
American Director
Black lives are too easy to take in America because we don't want to question why people are so afraid of black and brown people to begin with. And that's what I want 'Strong Island' to do.
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Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
Here's my advice to my brown friends: The next time you're on an airplane in the U.S., just speak your mother tongue. That way, no one knows what you're saying. Life goes on.
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Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
It is bad enough to be white and poor; it is worse still to be black, or brown, and female, and young, and poor. Simply said, race makes class hurt more.
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Mike Binder
American Director
When you're a comedian, you're another race. You're friends with all these comedians who are white, black and brown. It's us against the world.
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Stacy Brown-Philpot
American Businesswoman
There are lots of little brown girls out there who want to do something to change the world, and all I want to do is help them get there.
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Marissa Jaret Winokur
American Actress
I've had the exact same brown hair all my life, and my whole life, people have been telling me to change my hair.
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Tyra Banks
American Model
Blue and green eyes will be so common that dark brown will become the rare and newly desired eye color.
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Kamasi Washington
American Musician
If you look up, and you see that all of a sudden the world is really coming down on people with brown hair, I would think the people with black hair would look at that and go, 'Well, that could be me, and so, I shouldn't stand for that any more than those people with brown hair stand for it.
Quote examples
Kelly Rowland
American Musician
I remember I went through a period where I didn't embrace my 'chocolatiness.' I don't know if that's a word, but I didn't embrace my chocolate lifestyle. Just being a chocolate, lovely brown skin girl and being proud of that.
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Shemar Moore
American Actor
You know, I don't play the race card a lot. I'm half-black, half-white, and I'm proud of - my skin is brown. The world sees me as a black man, but my mother didn't raise me as a black man. She didn't raise me as a white guy.
Quote examples
Yance Ford
American Director
Black lives are too easy to take in America because we don't want to question why people are so afraid of black and brown people to begin with. And that's what I want 'Strong Island' to do.
Quote examples
Maz Jobrani
American Comedian
Here's my advice to my brown friends: The next time you're on an airplane in the U.S., just speak your mother tongue. That way, no one knows what you're saying. Life goes on.
Quote examples
Michael Eric Dyson
American Author
It is bad enough to be white and poor; it is worse still to be black, or brown, and female, and young, and poor. Simply said, race makes class hurt more.
Quote examples
Mike Binder
American Director
When you're a comedian, you're another race. You're friends with all these comedians who are white, black and brown. It's us against the world.
Quote examples
Stacy Brown-Philpot
American Businesswoman
There are lots of little brown girls out there who want to do something to change the world, and all I want to do is help them get there.
Quote examples
Marissa Jaret Winokur
American Actress
I've had the exact same brown hair all my life, and my whole life, people have been telling me to change my hair.
Quote examples
Tyra Banks
American Model
Blue and green eyes will be so common that dark brown will become the rare and newly desired eye color.
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