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browning

/ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/

browning noun: the act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc. Also the present participle and gerund of brown.

Noun (1)

browning (countable and uncountable, plural brownings)

  1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
  2. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
  3. A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
  4. (Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
    • One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings2017, “Peng Ting”, performed by Mackareo

Proper noun capitalized: Browning

IPA/ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/

Browning (countable and uncountable, plural Brownings)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. A person of that surname.
    • Robert Browning, a poet.
    • John Browning, a firearms designer.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage
  4. An unincorporated community in Wilcox County, Georgia.
  5. A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
  6. A minor city in Linn County and Sullivan County, Missouri.
  7. A town in Glacier County, Montana.
  8. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.
  9. A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin.
  10. A rural municipality, Rural Municipality of Browning No. 34, in Saskatchewan.
  11. A community within the municipality in south-east Saskatchewan, named after Robert Browning.
  12. An asteroid in the Asteroid Belt of the Solar System
    Synonyms:
    25851, 25851 Browning, (25851) Browning, 2000 EE120, (25851) 2000 EE120, 25851 (2000 EE120) Browning, 2000 EE120 Browning, (2000 EE120) Browning, Asteroid Browning

Noun (2) capitalized: Browning

IPA/ˈbɹaʊnɪŋ/

Browning (plural Brownings)

  1. Fabrique Nationale FN Model 1910 Browning and its derivatives; a European handgun; a small, semi-automatic pistol.
  2. Synonym of BAR (“Browning automatic rifle”), a light machine gun
    Synonyms:
    BAR

Also used as

browning is also the present participle and gerund of brown.

browning meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

browning in Hindi

ब्राउनिंग

browning in Tamil

பிரவுனிங்

browning in Marathi

ब्राउनिंग, तपकिरी करणे

browning in Urdu

براؤننگ, براوننگ
More languagesFewer languages
browning in Bengali
ব্রাউনিং
browning in Malayalam
ബ്രൌണിംഗ്, ബ്രൌണിങ്, ബ്രൌണിങ്ങിലേക്ക്
browning in Punjabi
ਬਰਾਊਨਿੰਗ, ਬ੍ਰਾਊਨਿੰਗ, ਬ੍ਰਾਉਨਿੰਗ
browning in Gujarati
બ્રાઉનિંગ, બ્રાઉનીંગ
browning in Odia
ବ୍ରାଉନିଙ୍ଗ, ବ୍ରାଉନିଙ୍ଗ୍, ବ୍ରାଉନିଂ
browning in Nepali
ब्राउनिङ, ब्राउनिङ गर्न, ब्राउनिंग गर्न

Examples of browning in a sentence

  • Hardwall is similar to browning except that it offers a higher impact resistance and quicker drying surface.
  • Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.
  • Your birthday was in the drying and browning month of my mother's death.

All 12 example sentences with browning

Synonyms of browning

  • 25851
  • 25851 Browning
  • (25851) Browning
  • 2000 EE120
  • (25851) 2000 EE120
  • 25851 (2000 EE120) Browning
  • 2000 EE120 Browning
  • (2000 EE120) Browning
  • Asteroid Browning
  • BAR

Forms of browning

Noun
pluralbrownings
pluralBrownings
Proper noun
pluralBrownings

Plural of browning: brownings

Origin of browning

From Old English Brūning, a patronymic for a person nicknamed Brūn (“brown”) (see Brown). For the first half-century of their manufacturer, the majority of semi-automatic handguns in Europe were designed by John M. Browning.

Words formed from browning

Phrases with browning

Words that rhyme with browning

Questions about browning

What does browning mean?
Browning means the act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
What is browning in Hindi?
Browning in Hindi is ब्राउनिंग. See Browning meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is browning?
Browning can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce browning?
Browning is pronounced /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/.
What is the plural of browning?
The plural of browning is brownings.

Words near browning in the dictionary

  1. brownifies
  2. brownify
  3. brownifying
  4. browniine
  5. browniness
  6. browning
  7. browning out
  8. browning shot
  9. browning shots
  10. browning up
  11. Browningesque

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Adapted from Wiktionary: browning (page history and authors); Browning (page history and authors); browning (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); browning (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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