Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word dun.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word dun and, of course, dun synonyms and on the right images related to the word dun.
Dun
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.
DunDun Dun, n. [See Dune.]
A mound or small hill. DunDun Dun, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Dunned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dunning.] [AS. dyne noise, dynian to make a noise, or fr.
Icel. dynr, duna, noise, thunder, duna to thunder; the same
word as E. din. ???. See Din.]
To ask or beset, as a debtor, for payment; to urge
importunately.
Hath she sent so soon to dun? --Swift. Dun
Dun Dun, n.
1. One who duns; a dunner.
To be pulled by the sleeve by some rascally dun.
--Arbuthnot.
2. An urgent request or demand of payment; as, he sent his
debtor a dun.
dunDune Dune, 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.]
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.
Meaning of dun from wikipedia
- Look up
dun,
dùn, or
dún in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Dun most
commonly refers to:
Dun gene,
which produces a brownish-gray
color (
dun) in horses...
-
Dun dun duuun! is a
short three-chord
musical phrase, or "sting",
widely used in
movies and
television to
indicate a
moment of suspense. In
modern productions...
-
Joshua William Dun (born June 18, 1988) is an
American musician. He is best
known as the
drummer of the
musical duo
Twenty One Pilots,
alongside Tyler...
- The
Dun &
Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. is an
American company that
provides commercial data, analytics, and
insights for businesses.
Headquartered in Jacksonville...
- The
Dun Cow is a
common motif in
English folklore. "
Dun" is a dull
shade of
brownish grey. The
Dun Cow was said to be a
savage beast roaming Dunsmore Heath...
-
Dún Aonghasa (unofficial
anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of
several prehistoric hill
forts on the Aran
Islands of
County Galway, Ireland...
-
Dún Briste (English:
Dun Briste Sea Stack) is a
natural sea
stack or
pilaster - in
geomorphology called stack - that was
formed in
Ireland during the Carboniferous...
- The
dun gene is a
dilution gene that
affects both red and
black pigments in the coat
color of a horse. The
dun gene
lightens most of the body
while leaving...
-
Dún Laoghaire (/dʌn ˈlɪəri/
dun LEER-ee, Irish: [ˌd̪ˠuːn̪ˠ ˈl̪ˠeːɾʲə, - ˈl̪ˠiːɾʲə]) is a
suburban coastal town in
County Dublin in Ireland. It is the...
-
Xiahou Dun (pronunciation) (died 13 June 220),
courtesy name Yuanrang, was a
Chinese military general and
politician serving under the
warlord Cao Cao...
