dun
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1. dun - Noun
2. dun - Adjective
3. dun - Verb
4. dun - Interjection
6. dun - Adjective Satellite
7. Dun - Proper noun
Meaning
A mound or small hill.
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.
To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately.
One who duns; a dunner.
An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun.
Of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy.
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The children tormented the stuttering teacher
she wore dun
dun codfish
The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone
the dun and dreary prairie
“At Dun Ailinne, the surrounding landscape has many known sites, as shown in the Sites and Monuments record, but it is also surrounded by extensive areas that have not yet been explored and are likely to contain intact archaeological deposits,” she added.