 dun |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (zoology) horse of a dull brownish gray color | |
| Related terms: | saddle_horse | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (color) of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color | |
| Examples: | "the dun and dreary prairie" |
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| Related terms: | chromatic | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (food) cure by salting | |
| Examples: | "dun codfish" |
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| Related terms: | cure cooking | |
| 4. | [ verb ] persistently ask for overdue payment | |
| Examples: | "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" |
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| Related terms: | demand | |
| 5. | [ verb ] treat cruelly | |
| Synonyms: | crucify tantalize bedevil rag frustrate torment | |
| Examples: | "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" |
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| Related terms: | annoy harass tease persecute hamstring madden tormentor frustration harassment badgering | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (color) make a dun color | |
| Related terms: | darken | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (color) a color varying around light grayish brown | |
| Synonyms: | fawn greyish_brown grayish_brown | |
| Examples: | "she wore a dun raincoat" |
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| Related terms: | light_brown | |
| Similar spelling: |
Dunn dune Duhn Dunne Duhon Duane duenna dummy |
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