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maroon
'maroon' - used as an adjective
1. of dark brownish to purplish red

'maroon' - used as a noun
2. a person who is stranded (as on an island)
when the tide came in I was a maroon out there
3. a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
4. an exploding firework used as a warning signal

'maroon' - used as a verb
5. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
the travellers were marooned
6. leave stranded on a desert island without resources
The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island

derived forms
1. Maroon / Plural
maroons
2. Maroon / Past
marooned
3. Maroon / Third Person
maroons
4. Maroon / Present Participle
marooning
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