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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dun
adj 1: of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun
and dreary prairie"
n 1: horse of a dull brownish grey color
2: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown,
fawn]
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify,
dun, 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