Index of English words, starting with "br"

(1) - Browbeat (v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.
(2) - Browbeat (imp.) of Browbeat

(1) - Brown (v. i.) To become brown.
(2) - Brown (v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface.
(3) - Brown (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour.
(4) - Brown (v. t.) To make brown or dusky.
(5) - Brown (n.) A dark color inclining to red or yellow, resulting from the mixture of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow; a tawny, dusky hue.
(6) - Brown (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

(1) - Brownie (n.) An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping.