The meaning of Maroon

Maroon – definition

adjective
Of a brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon
noun
A firework that makes a loud bang, used as a signal or warning.
Usage examples:
For years the start and end of the two minutes silence across the town has been signalled by the fi…

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island
Synonims:
Strand Leave stranded Cast away Cast ashore Abandon Leave behind Leave Leave in the lurch Desert Turn one's back on Leave isolated Leave high and dry Forsake

noun
A member of any of various communities in parts of the caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. in the 18th century jamaican maroons fought two wars against the british, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the maroons.
Usage examples:
We cannot know for certain what languages were spoken by the maroons

adjective
(of) a dark brown-red color
Usage examples:
A maroon tie

Maroon translation into English

Maroon: translate from English into Chinese

栗色, 放逐, 栗色的

Maroon: translate from English into Dutch

Kastanjebruin, Donkerrood, Vuurpijl, Bosneger, Uitgestotene, Isoleren, Aan zijn lot overlaten, Verlatene

Maroon: translate from English into French

Bordeaux, Pétard, Fusée de détresse

Maroon: translate from English into German

Kastanienbraun, Aussetzen, Rötlichbraun, Leuchtkugel

Maroon: translate from English into Hindi

लाल रंग, लाल रंग का, पटाखा, आतशबाज़ी, करौंदिया या भूरे लाल रंग का, आतिशबाजी का पटाका, असहाय छोड़ना

Maroon: translate from English into Italian

Marrone, Marrone rossastro, Abbandonare in luogo deserto, Petardo

Maroon: translate from English into Korean

적갈색, 마룬, 적갈색의, 섬으로 귀양보내다, 빈들빈들 놀다

Maroon: translate from English into Russian

Темно-бордовый, Каштановый, Марон, Бурак, Темно-бордовый цвет

Maroon: translate from English into Spanish

Granate, Corinto, Aislar, Petardo, Marrón carmesí, Abandonar en un sitio desolado

Word origin

mid 17th century: from French marron ‘feral’, from Spanish cimarrón ‘wild’, (as a noun) ‘runaway slave’.

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Maroon – similar words

maroons

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

noun
A member of any of various communities in parts of the caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. in the 18th century jamaican maroons fought two wars against the british, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the maroons.
Usage examples:
We cannot know for certain what languages were spoken by the maroons

All meanings and translations of Maroons

marooning

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

adjective
Of a brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

All meanings and translations of Marooning

marooner

noun
A pirate.
Usage examples:
The marooners who escaped carried their wanton ravages to other parts of the world.

All meanings and translations of Marooner

marooned

verb
Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.
Usage examples:
A novel about schoolboys marooned on a desert island

adjective
Of a brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
Ornate maroon and gold wallpaper

noun
A brownish-red colour.
Usage examples:
The hat is available in either white or maroon

All meanings and translations of Marooned

Maroon synonims

abandon

verb
Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Usage examples:
Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun
Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.
Usage examples:
She sings and sways with total abandon

verb
Forsake; leave behind

All meanings and translations of Abandon

desert

verb
Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.
Usage examples:
We feel our public representatives have deserted us

noun
A waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand.
Usage examples:
The desert of the sinai peninsula is a harsh place

adjective
Like a desert.
Usage examples:
Overgrazing has created desert conditions

All meanings and translations of Desert

forsake

verb
Abandon or leave.
Usage examples:
He would never forsake tara

verb
To leave forever or to give up completely
Usage examples:
I thought she might forsake ballet in favor of irish dancing.

All meanings and translations of Forsake

leave

liːv

verb
Go away from.
Usage examples:
She left london on june 6

noun
(in snooker, croquet, and other games) the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player.

noun
Time when one has permission to be absent from work or from duty in the armed forces.
Usage examples:
Joe was home on leave

All meanings and translations of Leave

strand

verb
Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
Usage examples:
Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun
The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.
Usage examples:
A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun
A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.
Usage examples:
Strands of coloured wool

All meanings and translations of Strand

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