Difference between brown and clearing
Definitions
verb
- make brown in color
- fry in a pan until it changes color
adjective
- (of skin) deeply suntanned
- of a color similar to that of wood or earth
noun
- an orange of low brightness and saturation
Examples
The lizard's light brown skin acts as camouflage in the desert sand.
But a couple of months ago, in a Times Square studio, congas were pounding out Afro-Cuban rhythms, dancers in high heels were twirling to fast-paced mambos, and just about everyone in sight was a shade of brown.
The Chief Inspector has suggested a complete overhaul of the good book, reducing it to a pacier 250 pages, a greater focus on “Floods and brimstone and other cool stuff” and a possible rewrite by Dan Brown to “Sex the whole thing up a bit.”
Definitions
noun
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- the act of removing solid particles from a liquid
- the act of freeing from suspicion
Examples
Over the winter months we've been doing a great deal of clearing up on our part-neglected croft garden, grubbing out and shredding dead shrubs and cutting back those that have either grown too large or are crowding others.
A couple of weeks ago, while glassing four female Meneliks bushbuck two hundred yards away feeding in a tiny clearing during a pouring rain, a nice male stepped into view.
The orchestrated escort and the accompanying police violence in clearing the picket reflected the involvement of city based police, the local constabulary having been cooperative with the workers.
