dun.

1. Dull greyish-brown in colour.

2. To press someone repeatedly for payment of a debt.

3. A mayfly in its first winged stage, before its final adult stage.

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Words that belong together

• dun hills
• dun coat

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Dun hills stretched beyond the last green fields.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Colour adjective normally non-gradable. Verb dun, duns, dunned, dunned, dunning. Insect noun singular dun, plural duns.. Noun singular dun; plural duns. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: duns.