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Dun Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dun? [n] horse of a dull brownish gray color [n] a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat" [adj] of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie" [v] make a dun color [v] cure by salting; "dun codfish" [v] persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" [v] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dun: bedevil \| chromatic \| crucify \| fawn \| frustrate \| grayish brown \| greyish brown \| rag \| torment Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dun: account \| annoy \| apply pressure \| bay \| bayard \| bedevil \| beige \| beleaguer \| beset \| besiege \| bill \| bill collector \| bill of account \| bill of lading \| blandish \| brown \| brownish \| brownish-yellow \| brunet \| buckskin \| bug \| buttonhole \| cajole \| calico pony \| caliginous \| call \| call in \| check \| chestnut \| chocolate \| cinnamon \| coax \| cocoa \| cocoa-brown \| coffee \| coffee-brown \| collection agent \| credit man \| creditor \| creditress \| dapple-gray \| debtee \| demand payment \| dim \| drab \| dun-brown \| dun-drab \| dunner \| dusk \| dusky \| ecru \| exert pressure \| fawn \| fawn-colored \| fuscous \| gloomy \| gnaw \| gray \| grege \| grizzle \| harass \| hazel \| importune \| invoice \| itemized bill \| khaki \| lurid \| manifest \| mortgagee \| mortgage-holder \| murky \| nag \| nag at \| needle \| note-holder \| nut-brown \| obscure \| olive-brown \| olive-drab \| paint \| painted pony \| pester \| piebald \| pinto \| plague \| ply \| press \| pressure \| push \| reckoning \| roan \| score \| seal \| seal-brown \| send a statement \| sepia \| skewbald \| snuff-colored \| somber \| sorrel \| statement \| tab \| tan \| taupe \| tawny \| tease \| toast \| toast-brown \| umber \| umber-colored \| urge \| walnut \| walnut-brown \| wheedle \| work on \| yellowish-brown See Also \| badger \| beleaguer \| beset \| bug \| chevvy \| chevy \| chivvy \| chivy \| cure \| darken \| demand \| hamstring \| harass \| harry \| hassle \| light brown \| madden \| molest \| mount \| oppress \| persecute \| pester \| plague \| provoke \| riding horse \| saddle horse \| tease Dun In Webster's Dictionary \Dun\, n. [See {Dune}.] A mound or small hill. \Dun\, v. t. 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. \Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. ???. See {Din}.] To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately. Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift. \Dun\, n. 1. One who duns; a dunner. To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun. --Arbuthnot. 2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun. \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. & Gael. donn.] Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy. Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up. -- Pierpont. Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble. {Dun crow} (Zo["o]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}. {Dun diver} (Zo["o]l.), the goosander or merganser.

Dun Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dun?

[n] horse of a dull brownish gray color
[n] a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat"
[adj] of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie"
[v] make a dun color
[v] cure by salting; "dun codfish"
[v] persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
[v] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

Dun In Webster's Dictionary

\Dun\, n. [See {Dune}.]
A mound or small hill.


\Dun\, v. t.
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.


\Dun\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dunning}.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr.
Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same
word as E. din. ???. See {Din}.]
To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge
importunately.

      Hath she sent so soon to dun?            --Swift.


\Dun\, n.
1. One who duns; a dunner.

         To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun.
                                               --Arbuthnot.

2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his
   debtor a dun.


\Dun\, a. [AS. dunn. of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. &
Gael. donn.]
Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
of a dull brown color; swarthy.

      Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.  -- Pierpont.

      Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day.
                                               --Keble.

{Dun crow} (Zo["o]l.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
   color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}.

{Dun diver} (Zo["o]l.), the goosander or merganser.

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