Definitions for dundʌn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dundʌn(v.; n.)dunned, dun•ning
(v.t.)to make repeated demands upon, esp. for the payment of a debt.
Category: Business
(n.)a person, esp. a creditor, who duns another.
a demand for payment, esp. a written one.
Category: Business
Origin of dun:
1620–30; orig. obscure
dundʌn(adj.)
dull grayish brown or grayish yellow.
Category: Dogs, Cats, and Horses, Common Vocabulary
dark; gloomy.
(n.)a dun color.
a dun-colored horse with a black mane and tail.
Category: Dogs, Cats, and Horses
Category: Entomology
Ref: mayfly .
Origin of dun:
bef. 1000; ME dun(ne), OE dunn
Princeton's WordNet
dun(noun)
horse of a dull brownish grey color
dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn(adj)
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
"she wore dun"
dun(verb)
of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
"the dun and dreary prairie"
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate(verb)
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
dun(verb)
persistently ask for overdue payment
"The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
dun(verb)
cure by salting
"dun codfish"
dun(verb)
make a dun color
Wiktionary
dun(Noun)
A valley in the Himalayan foothills, e.g. Dehra Dun.
dun(Noun)
A newly hatched, immature mayfly
dun(Verb)
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Origin: From dun, dunne, from dunn, from dusnaz, from dhūw-. Cognate with dun, tusin.
Webster Dictionary
Dun(noun)
a mound or small hill
Dun(verb)
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
Dun(u)
to ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge importunately
Dun(noun)
one who duns; a dunner
Dun(noun)
an urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his debtor a dun
Dun(adj)
of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black; of a dull brown color; swarthy
Translations for dun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
thin(adjective)
having a short distance between opposite sides
thin paper; The walls of these houses are too thin.
- dunAfrikaans
- رَقيق، رَفيعArabic
- тънъкBulgarian
- finoPortuguese (BR)
- tenký, slabýCzech
- dünnGerman
- tyndDanish
- λεπτός, ψιλόςGreek
- finoSpanish
- õhukeEstonian
- نازکFarsi
- ohutFinnish
- minceFrench
- דַקHebrew
- पतलाHindi
- tanakCroatian
- vékonyHungarian
- tipisIndonesian
- þunnurIcelandic
- sottileItalian
- 薄いJapanese
- 얇은Korean
- plonasLithuanian
- plānsLatvian
- tipisMalay
- dunDutch
- tynn; spinkelNorwegian
- cienkiPolish
- finoPortuguese
- subţireRomanian
- тонкийRussian
- tenkýSlovak
- tenekSlovenian
- tanakSerbian
- tunnSwedish
- บางThai
- zayıf, inceTurkish
- 薄的Chinese (Trad.)
- тонкийUkrainian
- پتلا، باريکUrdu
- mỏngVietnamese
- 薄的Chinese (Simp.)
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