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to dun

9.9

To keep meat or fish from spoiling by salting

verb
/dʌn/

Archaic

: salazonar

In the old days, fishermen would dun cod to preserve it for winter.

Examples

After catching the herring, they dunned the fish to keep them from spoiling.
She dunned the meat before cooking it.
A dunned piece of meat can last for months without refrigeration.
They decided to dun the fish for a week.
After catching the herring, they dunned the fish to keep them from spoiling.
A dunned piece of meat can last for months without refrigeration.
She dunned the meat before cooking it.

Synonyms

to salt

vsto dun

31 1.0

To put small white crystals on food to make it taste better or last longer

is used specifically for preserving fish or meat with this method

to cure

vsto dun

26 4.6

Preserve food, for example by drying or salting

limits the method to preserving fish or meat specifically by adding salt

to corn

vsto dun

8 9.0

To preserve meat by using salt

is specific to fish and meat rather than food in general

to salinate

vsto dun

Specialized

1 7.2

To make something salty by adding salt

aims to preserve fish or meat by adding salt, not just create saltiness

to salinize

vsto dun

Specialized

7.5

To preserve food by adding salt so it lasts longer

applies mainly to fish or meat preservation using salt

to salten

vsto dun

Archaic

9.9

To add salt to food, often to preserve or flavor it

focuses on preserving fish or meat specifically by adding salt

Compounds

dun-colored

1 6.9

A dull greyish-brown color like the fur of some horses

How Preserved

to preserve

65 3.2

to cure

26 4.6

to dun

Archaic

9.9

to pickle

39 2.9

to salt

31 1.0

Surface Forms

dun infinitive

dunned past

dunned past participle

dunning present participle

duns third person singular

Etymology

Dun meaning to cure meat or fish by salting comes from an older use of the word that meant 'to make dry or dark', so to dun food was to preserve it until it turned darker and kept longer.