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browned up

browned up is the simple past and past participle of brown up.

Meaning of brown up

Verb

brown up (third-person singular simple present browns up, present participle browning up, simple past and past participle browned up)

  1. (intransitive, literally, transitive) To become or make (something) brown in color, such as by cooking.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To become browner from tanning.
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To put on or wear brownface makeup.

Questions about browned up

What is browned up the simple past and past participle of?
Browned up is the simple past and past participle of brown up.

Words near browned up in the dictionary

  1. Brownean
  2. browneas
  3. browned
  4. browned off
  5. browned out
  6. browned up
  7. browned-off
  8. Brownell
  9. Brownells
  10. browner
  11. browners

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