Synonyms for dune
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : doon, dyoon |
| Phonetic Transcription : dun, dyun |
Définition of dune
Origin :- 1790, from French, Middle Dutch or Middle Low German dune, all perhaps from Gaulish *dunom (thus related to down (n.2)). The French dune "sand hill" (13c.) is held by Diez to be an Old French borrowing from Dutch duin or some other Germanic source. Italian and Spanish duna are from French. Dune buggy attested by 1965.
- noun hill
- Renmark threw himself down on the soft sand at the foot of a dune.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- What hae ye ever dune to gie a body ony richt to believe in ye?
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- Then, above the edge of the dune, showed Seth's head and arm.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Neither Seth nor the housekeeper came out from behind that dune.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It's time I went on and got the dune tonic for my foolish nerves.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- At the dune top, the real magnitude of the storm was apparent.
- Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
- It wad ill become me, efter a' he's dune for us, to steek the door in's face.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
- It was not the first time that he and she had been upon the dune together.
- Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
- It broke the silence the instant that the moon's first ray had touched the dune.
- Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
- The long beach, with its walls of foam and of dune, stretched on without change.
- Extract from : « The Mermaid » by Lily Dougall
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