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dun
(d/@/n )

adjective (a)

  • Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • horse of a dull brownish grey color(noun.animal)
    source: wordnet30
  • a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    She wore dun.
    Synonym:
    fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown
    source: wordnet30
  • A mound or small hill.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • One who duns; a dunner.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color(adj.all)
    Example:
    The dun and dreary prairie.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • treat cruelly(verb.emotion)
    Synonym:
    bedevil, crucify, frustrate, rag, torment
    source: wordnet30
  • persistently ask for overdue payment(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone.
    source: wordnet30
  • cure by salting(verb.change)
    Example:
    Dun codfish.
    source: wordnet30
  • make a dun color(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To cure, as codfish, in a particular manner, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with salt grass or some like substance.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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