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EMBROWN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make brown in color
Example:
the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard
Synonyms:
brown; embrown
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "embrown" is one way to...):
color; color in; colorise; colorize; colour; colour in; colourise; colourize (add color to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to darken
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "embrown" is one way to...):
darken (make dark or darker)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
