<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an earth consisting chiefly of a hydrated oxide of iron and some oxide of manganese, used in its natural state as a brown pigment (raw umber) or, after heating, as a reddish-brown pigment (burnt umber)</li><li>the color of such a pigment; dark dusky brown or dark reddish brown</li><li>the European grayling, <em>Thymallus thymallus</em> (Ichthyology)</li><li>shade; shadow (North England Dialect)</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of the color umber</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to color with or as if with umber (used with object)</li></ul>