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dun ¹  (dn)

tr.v. dunned, dun·ning, duns

To importune (a debtor) for payment: a dunning letter.

n.

1. One that duns.

2. An importunate demand for payment.

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[Origin unknown.]

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dun ²  (dn)

n.

1. An almost neutral brownish gray to dull grayish brown.

2. A fishing fly having this color.

3. A horse of this color.

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[Middle English, from Old English dunn, perhaps of Celtic origin.]

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dun ¹

Verb

[dunning, dunned]

to press (a debtor) for payment

Noun

a demand for payment [origin unknown]

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dun ²

Adjective

brownish-grey [Old English dunn]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dun - horse of a dull brownish grey color mount, riding horse, saddle horse - a lightweight horse kept for riding only
	2.	dun - a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown light brown - a brown that is light but unsaturated
Verb	1.	dun - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" bedevil, rag, torment, crucify, frustrate madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer" persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
	2.	dun - persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" demand - request urgently and forcefully; "The victim's family is demanding compensation"; "The boss demanded that he be fired immediately"; "She demanded to see the manager"
	3.	dun - cure by salting; "dun codfish" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" cure - prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
	4.	dun - make a dun color darken - make dark or darker; "darken a room"
Adj.	1.	dun - of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie" chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue