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Adjective dun has 1 sense
- dun - of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and dreary prairie"
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
Noun dun has 2 senses
- dun - horse of a dull brownish gray color
--1 is a kind of saddle horse, riding horse, mount
- dun, grayish brown, greyish brown, fawn - a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun raincoat"
--2 is a kind of light brown
Verb dun has 4 senses
- torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
--1 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
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- dun - persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
--2 is one way to demand
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- dun - cure by salting; "dun codfish"
--3 is one way to cure
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- dun - make a dun color
--4 is one way to darken
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