Noun
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a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
"she wore dun"
- greyish brown - grayish brown -
horse of a dull brownish grey color
Verb
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make a dun color
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cure by salting
"dun codfish"
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persistently ask for overdue payment
"The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
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treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Adjective
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of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
"the dun and dreary prairie"