MAROON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maroon mean? 

• MAROON (noun)
  The noun MAROON has 3 senses:

1. a person who is stranded (as on an island)

2. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

3. an exploding firework used as a warning signal

  Familiarity information: MAROON used as a noun is uncommon.

• MAROON (adjective)
  The adjective MAROON has 1 sense:

1. of dark brownish to purplish red

  Familiarity information: MAROON used as an adjective is very rare.

• MAROON (verb)
  The verb MAROON has 2 senses:

1. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

2. leave stranded on a desert island without resources

  Familiarity information: MAROON used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAROON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is stranded (as on an island)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

when the tide came in I was a maroon out there

Hypernyms ("maroon" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Derivation:

maroon (leave stranded on a desert island without resources)

maroon (leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("maroon" is a kind of...):

purplish-red; purplish red (a red with a tinge of purple)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An exploding firework used as a warning signal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("maroon" is a kind of...):

firework; pyrotechnic ((usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc.)

• MAROON (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of dark brownish to purplish red

Synonyms:

brownish-red; maroon

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

• MAROON (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they maroon    ... he / she / it maroons   
Past simple: marooned   
Past participle: marooned   
-ing form: marooning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

maroon; strand

Context example:

the travellers were marooned

Hypernyms (to "maroon" is one way to...):

abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

maroon (a person who is stranded (as on an island))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Leave stranded on a desert island without resources

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island

Hypernyms (to "maroon" is one way to...):

insulate; isolate (place or set apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

maroon (a person who is stranded (as on an island))

 Context examples 

All hands went over the side, and there I was, marooned on my own vessel.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This brought me near to where I had encountered Ben Gunn, the maroon; and I walked more circumspectly, keeping an eye on every side.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Having conducted his audience in fancy to the summit, and marooned them there by reason of the fall of their bridge, the Professor proceeded to describe both the horrors and the attractions of that remarkable land.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I'm Ben Gunn, I am,” replied the maroon, wriggling like an eel in his embarrassment.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

How difficult it was to realize that the violet line upon the far horizon was well advanced to that great river upon which huge steamers ran, and folk talked of the small affairs of life, while we, marooned among the creatures of a bygone age, could but gaze towards it and yearn for all that it meant!

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Put 'em ashore like maroons? That would have been England's way.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Marooned three years agone, he continued, and lived on goats since then, and berries, and oysters.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was a story that profoundly interested Silver; and Ben Gunn, the half-idiot maroon, was the hero from beginning to end.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

And I began to run towards the anchorage, my terrors all forgotten, while close at my side the marooned man in his goatskins trotted easily and lightly.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)