Maroon

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marooned}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Marooning}.] [See {Maroon} a fugitive slave.]
     To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and
     leave him to his fate.
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     {Marooning party}, a social excursion party that sojourns
        several days on the shore or in some retired place; a
        prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maroon \Ma*roon"\ (m[.a]*r[=oo]n"), a. [F. marron
     chestnut-colored, fr. marron a large French chestnut, It.
     marrone; cf. LGr. ma`raon. Cf. {Marron}.]
     Having the color called maroon. See 4th {Maroon}.
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     {Maroon lake}, lake prepared from madder, and distinguished
        for its transparency and the depth and durability of its
        color.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n.
     1. A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a
        scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.
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     2. An explosive shell. See {Marron}, 3.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maroon \Ma*roon"\, n. [Written also {marroon}.] [F. marron,
     abbrev. fr. Sp. cimarron wild, unruly, from cima the summit
     of a mountain; hence, negro cimarron a runaway negro that
     lives in the mountains.]
     In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free
     negro, living in the mountains.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Marron \Mar*ron"\, n. [See {Maroon}, a.]
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     1. A large chestnut. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     2. A chestnut color; maroon.
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     3. (Pyrotechny & Mil.) A paper or pasteboard box or shell,
        wound about with strong twine, filled with an explosive,
        and ignited with a fuse, -- used to make a noise like a
        cannon. [Written also {maroon}.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
           {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
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     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
        or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
        {flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
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     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
        {monochrome}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
           {azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
           {brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
           {chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
           lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
           {ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
           {orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
           {purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
           {rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
           {tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
           {yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
           {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
           {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
           {light}.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maroon
       adj : dark brownish to purplish red [syn: {brownish-red}]
       n 1: a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide
            came in I was a maroon out there"
       2: a dark purplish red to dark brownish red
       3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal
       v 1: leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the
            travellers were marooned" [syn: {strand}]
       2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The
          mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  96 Moby Thesaurus words for "maroon":
     Titian, Titian-red, abandon, back out, beg off, bivouac, bricky,
     cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cast away, cerise, cherry,
     cherry-colored, cherry-red, crimson, cry off, damask, depart from,
     desert, discard, drop out, encamp, evacuate, ferruginous, fiery,
     fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, forsake, glowing,
     go back on, gules, hot, incarmined, inflamed, infrared, iron-red,
     isolate, jettison, jilt, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, leave,
     leave behind, leave flat, lobster-red, lurid, port-wine, puce,
     pull out, quit, quit cold, red, red-dyed, red-looking, reddened,
     reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, renege, rubicund,
     rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red,
     ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty,
     say goodbye to, scarlet, seclude, stammel, stand down, strand,
     take leave of, tent, throw over, tile-red, vacate, vermilion,
     vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red, withdraw