dun
Meaning of dun
adjective
- of a dull greyish-brown colour.
a dun cow
- a dull greyish-brown colour.
- a horse with a sandy or sandy-grey coat, black mane, tail, and lower legs, and a dark dorsal stripe.
- a subadult mayfly, which has drab coloration and opaque wings.
Old English dun, dunn, of Germanic origin; probably related to dusk.
verb- make persistent demands on (someone), especially for payment of a debt.
after he left Oxford he was frequently dunned for his debts
noun
a debt collector or an insistent creditor.
early 17th century (as a noun): from obsolete Dunkirk privateer, from the French port of Dunkirk.
noun
a stone-built fortified settlement in Scotland or Ireland, of a kind built from the late Iron Age to the early Middle Ages. The word is a frequent place-name element in Scotland and Ireland.
early 18th century: from Irish dún, Scottish Gaelic dùn ‘hill or hill fort’.
Information about dun
- The plural form of dun is: duns.
- Languages in which dun is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of dun
dun
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- dun is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
dun synonyms
Meaning greyish brown:
Meaning torment:
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate
Meaning having a brown tinge; slightly brown:
Meaning of or like a mouse:
Meaning covered in or full of mud:
Meaning a strong cotton or wool fabric of a dull brownish-yellow colour, used especially in military clothing:
Meaning a natural pigment resembling but darker than ochre, normally dark yellowish-brown in colour ( raw umber ) or dark brown when roasted ( burnt umber ):
Meaning harass (someone) persistently for or to do something:
Meaning ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone:
Meaning present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause:
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container):
Meaning cause continual trouble or distress to:
Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:
Meaning harass (someone) constantly to do something that they are averse to:
Meaning subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation:
Meaning harass, persecute, or pursue relentlessly:
Meaning repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester:
Meaning (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently:
Meaning make a fuss; moan:
Meaning harass; pester:
Meaning conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly:
Translation of dun
- Spanish: dun
Words that rhyme with dun
Dun, Dehradun, Idun, idun, Eskualdun, Euskaldun, Seldun, Yildun, turndun, tundun, vodun, Verdun, verdun, bordun, Audun
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