dun

«dun» in Mova's school dictionary: a dull greyish-brown colour — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (dun); noun (dun — a colour, a horse); verb (dun, duns, dunned, dunning — old)

meaning for a pupil

1) Dun is a dull greyish-brown colour. tree →

2) A dun is a horse of this colour, usually with a darker mane and tail. tree →

3) (old) To dun someone is to keep asking them firmly to pay money they owe. tree →

4) In some dialects «dun» is just a spelling of «done» in very casual writing. tree →

sense in the lessons

Rare in children's books except for horses and old-fashioned descriptions of plain clothes and land. Tells the reader something looks plain and earthy. Phrases: dun-coloured, a dun pony.

examples

• The farmer rode a dun pony with a black mane. tree →
• The moor was dun and brown in winter. tree →
• She wore a plain dun coat. tree →
• (old) The landlord dunned him for the rent. tree →
• The sparrow's feathers are dun and grey. tree →
• In the old book, a dun cow grazed in the field. tree →

note

Sounds like «done» and «Dunn» (a surname). «I'm dun» for «I'm done» is a texting misspelling, not standard. Dunned has double n.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dun» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.