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Noun: dun dún- Horse of a dull brownish grey colour
- A colour or pigment varying around a light grey-brown colour
"she wore dun" - greyish brown [Brit, Cdn], grayish brown [US], fawn Adjective: dun (dunner,dunnest) dún- Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey colour
"the dun and dreary prairie" Verb: dun (dunned,dunning) dún- Treat cruelly
- torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate - Persistently ask for overdue payment
"The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" - Cure by salting
"dun codfish" - Make a dun colour
Sounds like: done, Donne Derived forms: dunner, dunnest, dunning, duns, dunned See also: chromatic Type of: beset, chevvy [non-standard], chevy, chivvy, chivy, cure, darken, demand, harass, harry, hassle, light brown, molest, mount, plague, provoke, riding horse, saddle horse Encyclopedia: Dun, Ariege Dun Dun, Ariège Dun, St Kilda Dun, France |