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# maroon

«maroon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a dark brownish-red colour, like the colour of some…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (maroon); noun (maroon, a maroon, maroons); verb (maroon, maroons, marooned, marooning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Maroon is a dark brownish-red colour, like the colour of some school uniforms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m1)

2) To maroon someone means to leave them alone in a place they cannot escape from, like a desert island; if you are marooned, you are stuck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m2)

3) The Maroons were people in Jamaica and other places who escaped slavery and built free communities in the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m3)

4) (UK) A maroon is a loud firework rocket used as a signal, once used to call lifeboat crews. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m4)

5) (Australia) The Maroons is the nickname of the Queensland rugby league team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In art lessons it is a colour name; in pirate stories sailors are marooned on islands; in history lessons the Maroons resisted slavery. Phrases: «maroon jumper», «marooned on an island», «marooned by the floods».

### examples

- Our school jumpers are maroon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x1)
- The pirates marooned the captain on a tiny island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x2)
- We were marooned at home because of the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x3)
- Maroon is darker than red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x4)
- The Maroons of Jamaica fought for their freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x5)
- Robinson Crusoe was marooned for many years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x6)
- (Australia) The Maroons won the State of Origin match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x7)
- The flood marooned the village for a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/#x8)

### note

As a colour it does not change: «maroon socks». Marooned is often passive: «They were marooned». In cartoons «maroon» is sometimes said as a joke for «moron», which is an insult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «maroon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maroon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.