maroon

maroon
    adj 1: of dark brownish to purplish red [syn: {maroon},
           {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 color
    3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal
    v 1: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the
         travellers were marooned" [syn: {maroon}, {strand}]
    2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The
       mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
    

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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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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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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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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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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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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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