- present participle of brown.
browning
Example Sentences
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But freshwater browning doesn’t affect all species of fish equally.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
When the fruit is cut, bruised, or exposed to air, the enzyme helps trigger the browning reaction.
From Science Daily ● May 24, 2026
Potatoes need to be plucked from the ground and handled with care to prevent browning that can mar otherwise perfect chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Over the years, I began experimenting — adding fresh or dried herbs, browning the butter, or tossing in a splash of stock or broth.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2024
Now she was moving away to a land she knew little of, except the skillet of olive oil with crumbles of garlic and pine nuts browning on the stove.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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