as in tanned
having a skin color darkened by the sun
It was easy to tell who among the beachgoers worked outside, as their bodies were brown from the sun.
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Recent Examples of brown
Contrary to the name, those bears can sometimes be brown.
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Other times, their coat is brown and grey to enable camouflage among the rocks.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The spiders are brown and have white or cream stripes along their bodies.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
The dark brown club chair, an Italian Art Deco piece, is upholstered in de le Cuona’s Viena velvet.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
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Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Other times, their coat is brown and grey to enable camouflage among the rocks.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The spiders are brown and have white or cream stripes along their bodies.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
The dark brown club chair, an Italian Art Deco piece, is upholstered in de le Cuona’s Viena velvet.
—Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Brown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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