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BROWN

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brown I. adjectiv

1. brun, brunet, oacheş, cafeniu, murg;

light-brown hair păr castaniu deschis.

2. pârlit, bronzat, ars de soare; bătut de vânt.

3. (text.) nealbit, crud, aspru.

◊ (sl.) to do brown a trage pe sfoară, a înşela;

(amer. sl.) to do up brown a) a duce la bun sfârşit, a face temeinic; b) a trage o sfântă de bătaie; c) a trage pe sfoară;

to do a goose brown a rumeni o gâscă.

brown II. substantiv

1. culoare cafenie; culoare închisă.

2. obiect sau animal de culoare brună (de ex. murg).

3. (sl.) monedă de aramă (mai ales în valoare de 1/2 penny).

4. (cin.) to fire into the brown (of them) a trage în grămadă (fără a cruţa puii).

brown III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a colora (în) brun / (în) cafeniu.

2. (metal.) a smălţa, a glazura; a bruna (armele).

3. (sl.) I'm browned off (with it) sunt sătul până în gât, mi s-a acrit, mi-e lehamite.

4. to brown a troop of men a trage în grămadă.

brown III. verb B. intranzitiv

a se înnegri, a se colora în brun / în cafeniu; a se bronza, a se pârli.

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(Obesity and Thermogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

“Now, Mr. Brown, I am quite at your disposal.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Mr. Josiah Brown, I suppose?” said Holmes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pea-soup was a common article in his diet, as well as potatoes and beans, the latter large and brown and cooked in Mexican style.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Wolf does seem to know him, and certainly he answers to the name of 'Brown.'

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Researchers examined brown dwarf LSRJ1835+3259, located about 20 light-years from Earth.

(Powerful Auroras Found at Brown Dwarf, NASA)

If she had seen the brown eyes then, she would have stopped short, but she never looked up, and the lesson was not spoiled for her.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

Your cheek will be browner and your hand harder ere you see your mother again.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Brown—not fair, and—and not very dark.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

“My love, be silent,” said Mrs. Micawber, laying her brown glove on his hand.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

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