maroon
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 →
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 →
3) The Maroons were people in Jamaica and other places who escaped slavery and built free communities in the mountains. tree →
4) (UK) A maroon is a loud firework rocket used as a signal, once used to call lifeboat crews. tree →
5) (Australia) The Maroons is the nickname of the Queensland rugby league team. tree →
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 →
- The pirates marooned the captain on a tiny island. tree →
- We were marooned at home because of the snow. tree →
- Maroon is darker than red. tree →
- The Maroons of Jamaica fought for their freedom. tree →
- Robinson Crusoe was marooned for many years. tree →
- (Australia) The Maroons won the State of Origin match. tree →
- The flood marooned the village for a week. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.