Result from Foreign Dictionaries (11 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), n. [See {Dune}.] A mound or small hill. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dun \Dun\ (d[u^]n), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Dunned} (d[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dunning} (d[u^]n"n[i^]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. [root]74. 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dune \Dune\ (d[=u]n), 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}; {hued(postnominal)}; {magenta}; {maroon}; {pea-green}; {russet}; {sage, sage-green}; {sea-green}] [Also See: {chromatic}, {colored}, {dark}, {light}.] Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: dun adj 1: of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie" n 1: horse of a dull brownish grey color 2: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: {dun}, {greyish brown}, {grayish brown}, {fawn}] v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {dun}, {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 From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: DUN Dial Up Networking (Bluetooth, ...) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: dun /dɵn/ 1. fluid; liquid 2. liquid 3. airy 4. gaunt; lean; slender; thin From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: dun down; fluff