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browning up

browning up is the present participle and gerund 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 browning up

What is browning up the present participle and gerund of?
Browning up is the present participle and gerund of brown up.

Words near browning up in the dictionary

  1. browniness
  2. browning
  3. browning out
  4. browning shot
  5. browning shots
  6. browning up
  7. Browningesque
  8. Browningian
  9. brownings
  10. brownioside
  11. brownish

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