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| ADJECTIVE | 1 | dun | Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color |
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| NOUN | 1 | dun | Horse of a dull brownish grey color |
| 2 | dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn | A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | |
| VERB | 1 | dun, torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate | Treat cruelly |
| 2 | dun | Persistently ask for overdue payment | |
| 3 | dun | Cure by salting | |
| 4 | dun | Make a dun color |
| Sounds | dah'n |
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| Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color. |
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| Examples | "the dun and dreary prairie" |
| Similar to | chromatic |
| Meaning | Horse of a dull brownish grey color. |
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| Broader | saddle horse, riding horse, mount |
| Verbs | dun |
| Meaning | A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. |
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| Examples | "she wore dun" |
| Synonyms | greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn |
| Broader | light brown |
| Verbs | dun |
| Meaning | Treat cruelly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke |
| Narrower | madden; hamstring; tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer; persecute, oppress |
| Meaning | Persistently ask for overdue payment. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" |
| Broader | demand |
| Meaning | Cure by salting. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "dun codfish" |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation |
| Broader | cure |
| Meaning | Make a dun color. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | darken |
| Nouns | dun; dun |
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