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Noun
S:
(n)
dun
(horse of a dull brownish grey color)
S:
(n)
dun
,
greyish brown
,
grayish brown
,
fawn
(a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color)
"she wore dun"
Verb
S:
(v)
torment
,
rag
,
bedevil
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crucify
,
dun
,
frustrate
(treat cruelly)
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
S:
(v)
dun
(persistently ask for overdue payment)
"The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
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S:
(v)
dun
(cure by salting)
"dun codfish"
S:
(v)
dun
(make a dun color)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
dun
(of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color)
"the dun and dreary prairie"