Definitions for browning

Overview of noun browning

The noun browning has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. Browning, John M. Browning, John Moses Browning

(United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the Peacemaker) (1855-1926))

2. Browning, Robert Browning

(English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889))

3. Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning

(English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861))

4. toasting, browning

(cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill; "proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread")

Overview of verb brown

The verb brown has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (1) brown

(fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan")

2. embrown, brown

(make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard")