embrown

== English == === Etymology === From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) +‎ brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɹaʊn/, /ɛm-/ (General American) IPA(key): /əmˈbɹaʊn/, /ɛm-/ Rhymes: -aʊn Hyphenation: em‧brown === Verb === embrown (third-person singular simple present embrowns, present participle embrowning, simple past and past participle embrowned) (chiefly literary and poetic, also figuratively) (transitive) To make (something) brown; to brown. Synonym: brownify To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken. (intransitive) To become or make brown; to brown. Synonym: brownify To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== imbrown (archaic) ==== Derived terms ==== embrowned (adjective) embrowning (adjective, noun) embrownment (rare) ==== Related terms ==== brown brownify browning (noun) brownish ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === Mewborn, browmen