<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a seaport on North Island, in New Zealand.</li><li>a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of the color brown.</li><li>having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color.</li><li>sunburned or tanned.</li><li>having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to make or become brown.</li><li>to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking: to brown onions before adding them to the stew.</li><li>to subject to a brownout: The power failure browned out the southern half of the state.</li></ul>