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Definition of Dun
1. Adjective. Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color. "The dun and dreary prairie"
2. Verb. Treat cruelly. "The performance is likely to dun Sue"; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Specialized synonyms: Madden, Hamstring, Badger, Beleaguer, Bug, Pester, Tease, Oppress, Persecute
Generic synonyms: Beset, Chevvy, Chevy, Chivvy, Chivy, Harass, Harry, Hassle, Molest, Plague, Provoke
Derivative terms: Bedevilment, Crucifixion, Frustration, Torment, Torment, Tormenter, Tormentor
3. Noun. Horse of a dull brownish grey color.
4. Verb. Persistently ask for overdue payment. "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
5. Noun. A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. "She wore dun"
6. Verb. Cure by salting. "Dun codfish"
7. Verb. Make a dun color.
Definition of Dun
1. n. A mound or small hill.
2. 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.
3. v. t. & i. To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
4. n. One who duns; a dunner.
5. a. Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
Definition of Dun
1. Noun. A brownish grey colour. ¹
2. Adjective. Of a brownish grey colour. ¹
3. Noun. A collector of debts. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request. ¹
6. Noun. A valley in the Himalayan foothills, e.g. Dehra Dun. ¹
7. Noun. A newly hatched, immature mayfly ¹
8. Verb. (informal) (dialect form of done): (past of do) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dun
1. of a dull brown color [adj DUNNER, DUNNEST] / to make demands upon for payment of a debt [v DUNNED, DUNNING, DUNS]
Medical Definition of Dun
1.
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.
Of a dark colour; of a colour partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown colour; swarthy. "Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up." (Pierpont) "Chill and dun Falls on the moor the brief November day.
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