Past tense of brown
regular verb
The past tense of brown is browned. The past participle is also browned.
Forms of brown
| Base form (V1) | brown /ˈbɹaʊ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | browned /bɹaʊnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | browned /bɹaʊnd/ |
| Present participle | browning /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | browns |
Browned in a sentence
- I've just browned myself.
- The pilot pulled up hard into a tight loop and browned out, losing sight of the target.From the entry brown out
- Bob was browned off when he was passed over for promotion.From the entry browned off
- Remove the fawaffles when they are cooked through and evenly browned.2014, Daniel Shumski, Will It Waffle?: 53 Irresistible and Unexpected Recipes to Make in a Waffle Iron, page 92. From the entry fawaffle
- Nonstick spray is a must, giving you a perfectly browned, omelety bottom crust.2011, Mourad Lahlou with Susie Heller, Steve Siegelman, and Amy Vogler, Mourad: New Moroccan, New York, N.Y.: Artisan, →ISBN, page 195…. From the entry omelety
Meaning of brown
- noun A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
- noun One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
- noun Black tar heroin.
Questions about the past tense of brown
- What is the past tense of brown?
- The past tense of brown is browned.
- What is the past participle of brown?
- The past participle of brown is browned.
- Is brown a regular or irregular verb?
- Brown is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: brown (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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