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Definition of brown verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

brown

verb

NAmE//braʊn//

[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they brown

he / she / it browns

past simple browned

-ing form browning

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to become brown; to make something brown Heat the butter until it browns. The grass was browning in patches. brown something Brown the onions before adding the meat.

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