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# dun

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

«dun» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dun is a dull greyish-brown colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#m1)
2. A dun is a horse of this colour, usually with a darker mane and tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#m2)
3. (old) To dun someone is to keep asking them firmly to pay money they owe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#m3)
4. In some dialects «dun» is just a spelling of «done» in very casual writing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#x1)
- The moor was dun and brown in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#x2)
- She wore a plain dun coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#x3)
- (old) The landlord dunned him for the rent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#x4)
- The sparrow's feathers are dun and grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#x5)
- In the old book, a dun cow grazed in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dun/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dun» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dun.html) on Mova free.