Dun

10 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned} (d[u^]nd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning} (d[u^]n"n[i^]ng).] [AS. dyne noise,
     dynian to make a noise, or fr. Icel. dynr, duna, noise,
     thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as E. din. [root]74.
     See {Din}.]
     To ask or beset (e.g., a debtor), for payment; to urge


     importunately.
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           Hath she sent so soon to dun?            --Swift.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\, n.
     1. One who duns; a dunner.
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              To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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     2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his
        debtor a dun.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\, a. [AS. dunn, of Celtic origin; cf. W. dwn, Ir. &
     Gael. donn.]
     Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
     of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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           Summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.  -- Pierpont.
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           Chill and dun
           Falls on the moor the brief November day. --Keble.
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     {Dun crow} (Zool.), the hooded crow; -- so called from its
        color; -- also called {hoody}, and {hoddy}.
  
     {Dun diver} (Zool.), the goosander or merganser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), n. [See {Dune}.]
     A mound or small hill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dun \Dun\, 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dune \Dune\ (d[=u]n), n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin.
     See {Down} a bank of sand.]
     A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but
     often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written
     also {dun}.]
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           Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the
           Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
           dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their
           mouths.                                  --Motley.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  colorful \colorful\ adj.
     1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
           shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing};
           {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,
           empurpled}]
  
     Syn: colourful.
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     2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of {colorless}
        or {dull}. [Narrower terms: {brave, fine, gay, glorious};
        {flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained}; {flashy, gaudy,
        jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; {picturesque}]
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     3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
        as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of {colorless} and
        {monochrome}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {tinted}; {touched, tinged}; {amber,
           brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; {amethyst}; {auburn,
           reddish-brown}; {aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden};
           {azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue}; {bicolor,
           bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
           bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
           blush-colored, rosy}; {bottle-green}; {bronze, bronzy};
           {brown, brownish, dark-brown}; {buff}; {canary,
           canary-yellow}; {caramel, caramel brown}; {carnation};
           {chartreuse}; {chestnut}; {dun}; {earth-colored,
           earthlike}; {fuscous}; {green, greenish, light-green,
           dark-green}; {jade, jade-green}; {khaki}; {lavender,
           lilac}; {mauve}; {moss green, mosstone}; {motley,
           multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
           painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
           varicolored, varicoloured}; {mousy, mouse-colored};
           {ocher, ochre}; {olive-brown}; {olive-drab}; {olive};
           {orange, orangish}; {peacock-blue}; {pink, pinkish};
           {purple, violet, purplish}; {red, blood-red, carmine,
           cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
           scarlet}; {red, reddish}; {rose, roseate}; {rose-red};
           {rust, rusty, rust-colored}; {snuff, snuff-brown,
           snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
           snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
           brownish-orange}; {stone, stone-gray}; {straw-color,
           straw-colored, straw-coloured}; {tan}; {tangerine};
           {tawny}; {ultramarine}; {umber}; {vermilion,
           vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; {yellow, yellowish};
           {yellow-green}; {avocado}; {bay}; {beige}; {blae
           bluish-black or gray-blue)}; {coral}; {creamy}; {cress
           green, cresson, watercress}; {hazel}; {honey,
           honey-colored}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta};
           {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green};
           {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark},
           {light}.]
  
     Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dun
       adj : of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and
             dreary prairie"
       n 1: horse of a dull brownish gray color
       2: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
          raincoat" [syn: {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}, {fawn}]
       v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
            teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {frustrate}]
       2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his
          customers every day by telephone"
       3: cure by salting; "dun codfish"
       4: make a dun color
       [also: {dunning}, {dunned}, {dunnest}, {dunner}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "dun":
     account, annoy, apply pressure, bay, bayard, bedevil, beige,
     beleaguer, beset, besiege, bill, bill collector, bill of account,
     bill of lading, blandish, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet,
     buckskin, bug, buttonhole, cajole, calico pony, caliginous, call,
     call in, check, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, coax, cocoa,
     cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, collection agent, credit man,
     creditor, creditress, dapple-gray, debtee, demand payment, dim,
     drab, dun-brown, dun-drab, dunner, dusk, dusky, ecru,
     exert pressure, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, gloomy, gnaw, gray,
     grege, grizzle, harass, hazel, importune, invoice, itemized bill,
     khaki, lurid, manifest, mortgage-holder, mortgagee, murky, nag,
     nag at, needle, note-holder, nut-brown, obscure, olive-brown,
     olive-drab, paint, painted pony, pester, piebald, pinto, plague,
     ply, press, pressure, push, reckoning, roan, score, seal,
     seal-brown, send a statement, sepia, skewbald, snuff-colored,
     somber, sorrel, statement, tab, tan, taupe, tawny, tease, toast,
     toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, urge, walnut, walnut-brown,
     wheedle, work on, yellowish-brown
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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