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Overview of noun browning

The noun browning has 4 senses


  • Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning -- (United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926))

  • Browning, Robert Browning -- (English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889))

  • Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- (English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861))

  • toasting, browning -- (cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread")


Overview of verb brown

The verb brown has 2 senses


  • brown -- (fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan")

  • embrown, brown -- (make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard")