(superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.
(n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
(v. t.) To make brown or dusky.
(v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
(v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
(v. i.) To become brown.
Example Sentences:
(1) A former Labour minister, Nicholas Brown, said the public were frightened they "were going to be spied on" and that "illegally obtained" information would find its way to the public domain.
(2) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
(3) Phenotypic relationships were examined between final score and 13 type appraisal traits and first lactation milk yield from 2935 Ayrshire, 3154 Brown Swiss, 13,110 Guernsey, 50,422 Jersey, and 924 Milking Shorthorn records.
(4) But the wounding charge in 2010 has become Brown's creation of a structural hole in the budget, more serious than the cyclical hit which the recession made in tax receipts, at least 4% of GDP.
(5) Brown's model, which goes far further than those from any other senior Labour figure, and the modest new income tax powers for Holyrood devised when he was prime minister, edge the party much closer to the quasi-federal plans championed by the Liberal Democrats.
(6) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
(7) There was also a significant increase in the mitochondrial proton conductance pathway of brown adipose tissue, assessed from the binding of guanosine diphosphate (GDP) to mitochondria isolated from the interscapular (89% above control) and perirenal and para-aortic depots (130%).
(8) When faced with a big dilemma, the time-honoured tradition of politicians is to order an inquiry, and that is what Browne expects.
(9) Gordon Brown believes that the fact of the G20 summit has persuaded many tax havens, such as Switzerland and Liechtenstein, to indicate that they will adopt a more open approach.
(10) What is Obama doing about the prejudice and violence faced by brown people here at home?
(11) His wrists were shown wrapped in tape with “MIKE BROWN” and “MY KIDS MATTER” written on them.
(12) The dumplings could also be served pan-fried in browned butter and tossed with a bitter leaf salad and fresh sheep's cheese for a lighter, but equally delicious option.
(13) October 27, 2013 7.27pm GMT Around the league And here’s how things look elsewhere, as we head into the fourth quarter: Cowboys 13-7 Lions Browns 17-20 Chiefs Dolphins 17-20 Patriots Bills 10-28 Saints Giants 15-0 Eagles 49ers 35-10 Jaguars 7.25pm GMT End of 3rd quarter: 49ers 35-10 Jaguars The quarter ends with the Jaguars facing a third-and-one at their own 32.
(14) The announcement on feed-in tariffs will be welcomed by Labour backbenchers, who staged the biggest revolt of Gordon Brown's leadership over the issue.
(15) He was fighting to breathe.” The decision on her father’s case came just 10 days after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, found there was not enough evidence to indict a white police officer for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager called Michael Brown.
(16) The morning papers, like many papers last week, were full of stories about Brown's survival chances.
(17) Ultimately, both Geffen and Browne turned out to be correct: establishing the pattern for Zevon's career, the albums sold modestly but the critics loved them.
(18) Despite tthree resignations and his reputation as a tribal operator in the Blair-Brown wars, however, his belief in the party he joined on his 15th birthday is undimmed.
(19) Besides the rough, wrinkled, and brown or black surface of the fingertips, microwrinkles of the epidermis occur on the skin ridges, which have so far not been described.
(20) This, Brown jokes, counts as good weather for Scotland.
Twaddle
Definition:
(v. i. & t.) To talk in a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle.
(n.) Silly talk; gabble; fustian.
Example Sentences:
(1) The twaddle that the theory is extremely difficult to understand, is complete nonsense, spread out by superficial journalists.
(2) It's pompous twaddle with no relevance to fucking anything."
(3) He’s not wrong to want to cut out aspirational twaddle, but American audiences have been trained to expect the twaddle.
(4) A collection of letters penned by Albert Einstein in which he set out his views on how to deal with a belligerent post-war Russia and dismissed as "twaddle" the notion that his theories were difficult to understand, will go under the hammer in London next Thursday.
(5) "Sadly neither does Brendan's management-speak twaddle.
(6) Patronising” and “demeaning” were some of the kinder terms used, while en route the campaign has been described by detractors as “sexist twaddle” .
(7) The main substance of this paper was presented orally at a meeting of the Sick Role, organized and chaired by Andrew Twaddle.
(8) Is it good, emotive fare, or whiny, offensive, Coldplay-lite twaddle sung by the least convincing frontman since Jason Lee starting cultivating a pineapple?
(9) From a lesser figure, this would be self-indulgent twaddle.
(10) … Ahem, sorry I appear to have had an attack of the Brendan Rodgers with that spot of motivational twaddle.
(11) I believe I have heard this kind of twaddle uttered by politicians in Ireland like Bertie Ahern, the former prime minister.
(12) When Gove and Boris Johnson come in, you think, ‘Hey, there’s a new dimension to this.’ And then you get that load of twaddle!
(13) "The twaddle that the theory is extremely difficult to understand, is complete nonsense, spread out by superficial journalists."