Definition of Dunes. Meaning of Dunes. Synonyms of Dunes

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Definition of Dunes

Dune
Dune Dune, n. [The same word as down: cf. D. duin. See Down a bank of sand.] A low hill of drifting sand usually formed on the coats, but often carried far inland by the prevailing winds. [Written also dun.] Three great rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt, had deposited their slime for ages among the dunes or sand banks heaved up by the ocean around their mouths. --Motley.

Meaning of Dunes from wikipedia

- seas. Dunes occur in different shapes and sizes, but most kinds of dunes are longer on the stoss (upflow) side, where the sand is pushed up the dune, and...
- in 1986: Dune Messiah (1969), Children of Dune (1976), God Emperor of Dune (1981), Heretics of Dune (1984) and Chapterhouse: Dune (1985). Dune follows...
- are informal, some based on the sand dunes in the science fiction book Dune. Krell, Alexis (July 6, 2019). "The Dune Peninsula and Frank Herbert Trail —...
- Look up dune or dunes in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A dune is a hill of sand. Dune or dunes may also refer to: Düne, Heligoland, Germany Dunes, Tarn-et-Garonne...
- of the Oregon Dunes. Here, the United States Department of Agriculture was attempting to use poverty gr****es to stabilize the sand dunes. Herbert claimed...
- Dune Messiah is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Frank Herbert, the second in his Dune series of six novels. A sequel to Dune (1965), it...
- Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic science fiction film directed and produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. The...
- Dune (titled onscreen as Dune: Part One) is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed and co-produced by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay...
- Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the third in his Dune series of six novels. It was originally serialized in Analog Science...
- extraterrestrial creature that appears in the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert, first introduced in Dune (1965). Sandworms are colossal, worm-like creatures...