[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dun \dun\ du^n, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. dunned du^nd;
   p. pr.  vb. n. dunning du^n"ni^ng. as. dyne noise,
   dynian to make a noise, or fr. icel. dynr, duna, noise,
   thunder, duna to thunder; the same word as e. din. root74.
   see din.
   to ask or beset e.g., a debtor, for payment; to urge
   importunately.
   1913 webster

         hath she sent so soon to dun?            --swift.
   1913 webster
see also:
dunned dunning din 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dun \dun\, n.
   1. one who duns; a dunner.
      1913 webster

            to be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   2. an urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his
      debtor a dun.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dun \dun\, a. as. dunn, of celtic origin; cf. w. dwn, ir. 
   gael. donn.
   of a dark color; of a color partaking of a brown and black;
   of a dull brown color; swarthy.
   1913 webster

         summer's dun cloud comes thundering up.  -- pierpont.
   1913 webster

         chill and dun
         falls on the moor the brief november day. --keble.
   1913 webster

   dun crow zool., the hooded crow; -- so called from its
      color; -- also called hoody, and hoddy.

   dun diver zool., the goosander or merganser.
      1913 webster
see also:
dun crow hoody hoddy dun diver 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dun \dun\ du^n, n. see dune.
   a mound or small hill.
   1913 webster
see also:
dune 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dun \dun\, v. t.
   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.
   1913 webster

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dune \dune\ d=un, n. the same word as down: cf. d. duin.
   see down a bank of sand.
   a low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but
   often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. written
   also dun.
   1913 webster

         three great rivers, the rhine, the meuse, and the
         scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the
         dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their
         mouths.                                  --motley.
   1913 webster
see also:
down dun 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. opposite of colorless.

   note: narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled

   syn: colourful.
        wordnet 1.5

   2. striking in variety and interest. opposite of colorless
      or dull. narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque
      wordnet 1.5

   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   note: narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue; coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; huedpostnominal; magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green also see: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.

   syn: colored, coloured, in colorpredicate.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
colorless changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot deep, rich flaming fluorescent, glowing prismatic 
psychedelic red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled dull brave, fine, gay, glorious flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained 
flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty picturesque monochrome tinted touched, tinged 
amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown amethyst auburn, reddish-brown aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue 
bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue blushful, blush-colored, rosy bottle-green bronze, bronzy 
brown, brownish, dark-brown buff canary, canary-yellow caramel, caramel brown carnation 
chartreuse chestnut dun earth-colored, earthlike fuscous 
green, greenish, light-green, dark-green jade, jade-green khaki lavender, lilac mauve 
moss green, mosstone motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured mousy, mouse-colored ocher, ochre olive-brown 
olive-drab olive orange, orangish peacock-blue pink, pinkish 
purple, violet, purplish red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet red, reddish rose, roseate rose-red 
rust, rusty, rust-colored snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown sorrel, brownish-orange stone, stone-gray straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured 
tan tangerine tawny ultramarine umber 
vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, chinese-red yellow, yellowish yellow-green avocado bay 
beige blae bluish-black or gray-blue coral creamy cress green, cresson, watercress 
hazel honey, honey-colored huedpostnominal magenta maroon 
pea-green russet sage, sage-green sea-green chromatic 
colored dark light 

[8] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dun
     adj : of a dull grayish brown to brownish gray color; "the dun and
           dreary prairie"
     n 1: horse of a dull brownish gray color
     2: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
        raincoat" syn: grayish brown, greyish brown, fawn
     v 1: treat cruelly; "the children tormented the stuttering
          teacher" syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, frustrate
     2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "the grocer dunned his
        customers every day by telephone"
     3: cure by salting; "dun codfish"
     4: make a dun color
     also: dunning, dunned, dunnest, dunner
see also:
grayish brown greyish brown fawn torment rag bedevil 
crucify frustrate dunning dunned dunnest 
dunner 

[9] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

116 moby thesaurus words for "dun":
   account, annoy, apply pressure, bay, bayard, bedevil, beige,
   beleaguer, beset, besiege, bill, bill collector, bill of account,
   bill of lading, blandish, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet,
   buckskin, bug, buttonhole, cajole, calico pony, caliginous, call,
   call in, check, chestnut, chocolate, cinnamon, coax, cocoa,
   cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, collection agent, credit man,
   creditor, creditress, dapple-gray, debtee, demand payment, dim,
   drab, dun-brown, dun-drab, dunner, dusk, dusky, ecru,
   exert pressure, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, gloomy, gnaw, gray,
   grege, grizzle, harass, hazel, importune, invoice, itemized bill,
   khaki, lurid, manifest, mortgage-holder, mortgagee, murky, nag,
   nag at, needle, note-holder, nut-brown, obscure, olive-brown,
   olive-drab, paint, painted pony, pester, piebald, pinto, plague,
   ply, press, pressure, push, reckoning, roan, score, seal,
   seal-brown, send a statement, sepia, skewbald, snuff-colored,
   somber, sorrel, statement, tab, tan, taupe, tawny, tease, toast,
   toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, urge, walnut, walnut-brown,
   wheedle, work on, yellowish-brown

[10] : Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002)

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