maroon in English dictionary

  • maroon

    Meanings and definitions of "maroon"

    • Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
    • To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
    • A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
    • maroon colour:
    • Of a maroon color
    • (nautical) A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.
    • An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
    • A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
    • To leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.
    • An exploding firework used as a warning signal.
    • adjective
      Of a maroon color
    • adjective
      Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
    • noun
      A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
    • noun
      An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
    • noun
      A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A rocket fired to summon the crew of a lifeboat.
    • noun
      (slang, derogatory)
      An idiot; a fool.
    • verb
      To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
    • dark red, somewhat brownish colour
    • color
    • runaway slave
    • adjective
      of dark brownish to purplish red
    • noun
      an exploding firework used as a warning signal
    • noun
      a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
    • noun
      a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"
    • verb
      leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"
    • verb
      leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

    Synonyms of "maroon" in English dictionary

    desert, abandon, pyrotechnic are the top synonyms of "maroon" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of maroon

    • maroon ( comparative more maroon, superlative most maroon)
    • maroon ( not comparable)
    • maroon ( plural  maroons)
    • maroon ( third-person singular simple present maroons, present participle marooning, simple past and past participle marooned)
    • maroon (comparative more maroon, superlative most maroon)
    • maroon (not comparable)
    • maroon (plural maroons)
    • maroon (third-person singular simple present maroons, present participle marooning, simple past and past participle marooned)
  • Maroon

    Meanings and definitions of "maroon"

    • A runaway slave in the West Indies, Central America, South America, or North America.
    • Maroon (people)

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