| NOUN | animal | dun | horse of a dull / dull brownish grey color |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | |
| VERB | emotion | dun, torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate | treat cruelly |
| communication | dun | persistently ask for overdue payment | |
| change | dun | cure by salting | |
| change | dun | make a dun color / color | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | dun | of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color |
| Sounds | dah'n | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the dun and dreary prairie" | |
| Broader | chromatic | Being or having or characterized by hue |
| Spanish | pardo | |
| Catalan | dun | |
| Meaning | horse of a dull / dull brownish grey color. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | saddle horse, riding horse, mount | A lightweight horse kept for riding only |
| Spanish | pardo | |
| Verbs | dun | make a dun color / color |
| Meaning | A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she wore dun" | |
| Synonyms | greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn | |
| Broader | light brown | A brown that is light but unsaturated |
| Verbs | dun | make a dun color / color |
| Meaning | treat cruelly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate | |
| Narrower | hamstring | make ineffective or powerless |
| madden | Drive up the wall | |
| persecute, oppress | Cause to suffer | |
| tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently | |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
| Spanish | atormentar, frustrar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | frustrar, martiritzar, torturar, turmentar | |
| Meaning | persistently ask for overdue payment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" | |
| Broader | demand | request urgently and forcefully |
| Spanish | acuciar, apremiar al pago, apremiar, instar, urgir | |
| Catalan | acuitar, afeixugar, apressar, instar | |
| Meaning | cure by salting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "dun codfish" | |
| Category | cooking, cookery, preparation | The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
| Broader | cure | Prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve |
| Spanish | salar | |
| Meaning | make a dun color / color. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | darken | make dark or darker |
| Nouns | dun | horse of a dull / dull brownish grey color |
| dun | a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color | |
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