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How to pronounce dun in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fawn, grayish brown, greyish brown
Type of light brown


she wore dun.
Type Words
Synonyms bedevil, crucify, frustrate, rag, torment
Type of molest, chivy, beset, chevvy, plague, provoke, chevy, harass, harry, chivvy, hassle
Has types badger, beleaguer, hamstring, madden, oppress, persecute, pester, tease, bug
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Type of cure


dun codfish.
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Type of mount, saddle horse, riding horse
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Type of darken
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the dun and dreary prairie.
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Type of demand


The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone.

Examples of dun

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Dun Aonghasa is considered one of the most important forts of its kind in Europe.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The pale morning dun hatches have been good, said a report from The Evening Hatch.
From the thenewstribune.com
This is a two-dimensional, dun-coloured world that's more geometry than geography.
From the couriermail.com.au
Tonight's GOTD came from the grading game between dun Dunn Dunn and nick horgan fc.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Dun Carloway broch on Lewis is also well preserved and dates from a similar period.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The fun at TheaterWorks in Hartford is finding out how they dun it, and why.
From the theater2.nytimes.com
Dun said he thought the concert would be a hit with the Internet community.
From the cnn.com
Dun has about three years before he hits the bureau's mandatory retirement age of 57.
From the omaha.com
She stated that she was seeking her lost dun cow, which she had last seen at Dun Holm.
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More examples
  • Of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie"
  • Torment: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
  • A color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun"
  • Persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone"
  • Cure by salting; "dun codfish"
  • Make a dun color
  • Dun is a generic term for an ancient or medieval fort. It is mainly used in the British Isles to describe a kind of hill fort and also a kind of Atlantic roundhouse. The term comes from Irish du00FAn or Scottish Gaelic du00F9n (meaning "fort"), and is cognate with Old Welsh din, whence Welsh dinas (meaning "city") comes.
  • Michel Fu00E9lix Dunal (24 October 1789 in Montpellier u2013 29 July 1856 in Montpellier) was a French botanist. He was a professor of botany in Montpellier, France.
  • The Du00FCn is a hill chain in northwestern Thuringia, Germany. It runs west to east, and forms the northwestern edge of the Thuringian Basin. It separates the Thuringian Basin from the upper valley of the river Leine. Towards the east it continues in the Hainleite ridge. The highest point, 522 m above sea level, is near the village Vollenborn.