noun Download 🔗Share A brownish grey colour. Examples : "The old horse in the pasture was a gentle dun. " color appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Of a brownish grey colour. Examples : "The old mare in the pasture was a dun color, blending in well with the dry grass. " color appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A collector of debts. Examples : "The dun kept calling my dad about the overdue credit card bill. " person job business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An urgent request or demand of payment. Examples : "The overdue notice was more than a polite reminder; it was a persistent dun for the unpaid library fees. " finance demand business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To ask or beset a debtor for payment. Examples : "The landlord called Sarah every day to dun her for the overdue rent. " business finance demand Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request. Examples : "The landlord kept dunning us for the rent, even though it wasn't due for another week. " communication action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago. Examples : "The fisherman carefully chose a fly that imitated the dun floating on the water, hoping to attract a trout. " insect animal biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago. Examples : "The experienced fly fisherman carefully tied a dun to his line, hoping to attract trout looking for mayfly subimagos. " insect animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland. Examples : "The archaeologists carefully excavated the ancient dun perched atop the windswept hill, hoping to uncover clues about the lives of its early inhabitants. " architecture archaeology history building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch. Examples : "During our trip to Scotland, we visited an ancient dun, a circular stone structure that offered amazing views of the surrounding landscape. " archaeology architecture history building place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. Examples : "I dun told you already: clean your room! " grammar linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To perform; to execute. Examples : "All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?" action work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cause, make (someone) (do something). Examples : "The teacher dunned the students to finish their homework before class. " action communication demand Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To suffice. Examples : "it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks." utility function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To be reasonable or acceptable. Examples : "It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event." attitude value moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (ditransitive) To have (as an effect). Examples : "The fresh air did him some good." outcome action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fare, perform (well or poorly). Examples : "Even though she was nervous, she dun well on the exam. " achievement action business work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (chiefly in questions) To have as one's job. Examples : ""What does the groundskeeper dun around here?" " job work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something). Examples : "Every morning, Maria must dun the dishes before leaving for work. " action job work Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cook. Examples : "My mom likes to dun the fish in olive oil with herbs. " food utensil Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. Examples : "Let’s do New York also." action vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To treat in a certain way. Examples : "The loan company dunned him relentlessly for the overdue payment. " action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. Examples : "Every morning, she would dun the stables, feeding the horses and cleaning their stalls. " work job service Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself. Examples : "Example Sentence: "Even when he's stressed, he always tries to dun himself in a calm and professional manner." " action way character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time) Examples : "I did five years for armed robbery." law police government action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To impersonate or depict. Examples : "They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer." art entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (with 'a' and the name of a person, place, event, etc.) To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. Examples : "He did a Henry VIII and got married six times." culture action style Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To kill. Examples : "The knight swore to dun the dragon that threatened the village. " action war military Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. Examples : ""If Mark keeps skipping classes and failing tests, he'll dun his chances of graduating." " outcome action negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To punish for a misdemeanor. Examples : "He got done for speeding." law police action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To have sex with. (See also do it) sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cheat or swindle. Examples : "That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!" business economy finance moral action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. Examples : "The professor asked us to dun the complex research paper into a simple presentation. " language linguistics word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To finish. Examples : ""Once I dun the dishes, I can relax and watch TV." " achievement action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To work as a domestic servant (with for). Examples : ""She chose to dun for a wealthy family rather than pursue a career in the city." " job service work human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs. Examples : "They dun be playing basketball after school every day. " grammar linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. Examples : "The bank was willing to dun the invoice for the small business, allowing them to get paid sooner despite their customer's delayed payment. " business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (ditransitive) To make or provide. Examples : "Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?" aid business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To injure (one's own body part). Examples : "He dun his finger while trying to open the jar of pickles. " medicine body action physiology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To take drugs. Examples : "I do cocaine." medicine mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (in the form be doing [somewhere]) To exist with a purpose or for a reason. Examples : ""He's always dunning about in the garage, fixing old cars." " being philosophy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance. Examples : "The fisherman decided to dun the cod in the cool, dark shed to preserve it for the winter. " food fish process nautical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mound or small hill. Examples : "The children loved to play king of the castle on the grassy dun in the park. " geology geography nature environment area Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
interjection Download 🔗Share Imitating suspenseful music. Examples : ""Dun, dun, dun!" the teacher announced, creating suspense before revealing the surprise guest speaker. " sound music entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading