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Definition of Dun
1. Noun. Horse of a dull brownish grey color.
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. Adjective. Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color. "The dun and dreary prairie"
4. Noun. A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. "She wore dun"
5. Verb. Persistently ask for overdue payment. "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
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. 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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