dun
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
horse of a dull brownish grey color
Types & categories
- mount hypernym
Related & opposite
- dun derivation
Sense 2 verb
treat cruelly
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- excruciation derivation
- worrying derivation
- frustration derivation
- harassment derivation
- tormenter derivation
Sense 3 adjective
of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color
the dun and dreary prairie
Related & opposite
- chromatic similar to
Sense 4 noun
a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color
she wore dun
Types & categories
- light brown hypernym
Related & opposite
- dun derivation
Sense 5 verb
persistently ask for overdue payment
The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone
Types & categories
- demand hypernym
Sense 6 verb
cure by salting
dun codfish
Types & categories
- cure hypernym
Related & opposite
- cooking domain topic
Sense 7 verb
make a dun color
Types & categories
- darken hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dun |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mount |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excruciation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | worrying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | harassment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tormenter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | madden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamstring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | persecute |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dun |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | light brown |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | demand |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | cure |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | dun |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fawn |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | darken |