# browning

Pronunciation: say "BROW-ning" /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of brown. — present participle and gerund of brown
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of brown. Use this form for an action happening now or as a name for the action itself.
   - _She spent ten minutes browning the butter until it smelled nutty._
   - _The apple slices began browning the moment they hit the air._

## Noun

2. The act or process of giving something a brown color, as to gun barrels or cooked food.
   - Simple: The process of making something turn brown, like meat in a pan or steel on a gun.
   - _The browning of gun barrels protects the steel from rust._
   - _Careful browning of the onions builds the base of the sauce._
3. Any of various preparations used to give a brown color to gravy, leather, and similar materials.
   - Simple: A liquid or powder added to gravy or leather to give it a brown color.
   - _The cook keeps a bottle of browning on hand for darkening pale sauces._
   - _A coat of browning gave the saddle its deep, weathered finish._
4. A person with brown-colored skin. *(Jamaica)*
   - Simple: A person who has brown skin.
   - _The traveler wrote of a browning who offered him shelter for the night._
   - _The census taker counted three brownings among the household that year._
5. In plastering, the smooth coat of brown mortar, normally the second, that prepares a surface for the finishing coat of plaster.
   - Simple: A smooth layer of brown mortar, usually the second coat, put on before the final coat of plaster.
   - _After the scratch coat cured, the mason troweled on the browning to even the wall._
   - _The browning must be level before the finish plaster goes on._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/browning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).