What part of speech is brown?

Brown can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

Adjective
brown - of a color similar to that of wood or earth
brown - (of skin) deeply suntanned
Verb
brown - fry in a pan until it changes color; "brown the meat in the pan"
brown - make brown in color; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard"
Noun
brown - an orange of low brightness and saturation
Brown - abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
Brown - Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
brown - a university in Rhode Island

#		Sentence
1.	verb	Brown the meat in the pan.
2.	adj.	Cafes and restaurants rarely use the same cutlery for different food groups anyway, they normally have blue for bakery items, red for cooked meat, brown for raw meat, etc - all for food preparation and hygiene policies.
3.	adj.	The girl has either pink or brown.
4.	adj.	In the past, I got a steak and there was more fat and rough pieces than there was good steak (and this was the sirloin!), the sides were drenched with butter and the salad was a little on the brown side.
5.	adj.	She was very brown after her holiday.
6.	adj.	Bob is really a brown noser.
7.	adj.	They were made of rough brown leather.
8.	adj.	One of the cats is black, the other is brown.
9.	adj.	I saw the boy in brown shoes.
10.	adj.	The dog is brown, small and thin.
11.	adj.	The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.
12.	adj.	Some of them are red; others are brown.
13.	adj.	This hat does match the brown dress.
14.	adj.	Did you see a brown wallet around here?
15.	adj.	I would take this brown tie.
16.	adj.	This heat will turn the grass brown.
17.	noun	I wanted to be very blonde and instead he pulled my root color throughout my whole hair which is a gross mousey brown.

Sentence
verb
Brown the meat in the pan.
adj.
Cafes and restaurants rarely use the same cutlery for different food groups anyway, they normally have blue for bakery items, red for cooked meat, brown for raw meat, etc - all for food preparation and hygiene policies.
The girl has either pink or brown.
In the past, I got a steak and there was more fat and rough pieces than there was good steak (and this was the sirloin!), the sides were drenched with butter and the salad was a little on the brown side.
She was very brown after her holiday.
Bob is really a brown noser.
They were made of rough brown leather.
One of the cats is black, the other is brown.
I saw the boy in brown shoes.
The dog is brown, small and thin.
The piano was made of beautiful, dark brown wood.
Some of them are red; others are brown.
This hat does match the brown dress.
Did you see a brown wallet around here?
I would take this brown tie.
This heat will turn the grass brown.
noun
I wanted to be very blonde and instead he pulled my root color throughout my whole hair which is a gross mousey brown.

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