Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sandy tract or dune by the seashore.
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- noun a
sand dune by theseashore - noun UK a
valley , especially the deep valley of astream or rivulet
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Oakeydean Burn gathers water from the moorland above, creating a Northumbrian dene, a narrow, wooded cleft snaking down the hillside.
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As is now customary this week, the prince tried a few words in the native language - dene, this time, not French: "Maihsi-cho, kay-ya-muck-puck," which roughly translated apparently means thank you very much.
William and Kate presented with diamonds in Yellowknife 2011
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The Oakeydean Burn gathers water from the moorland above, creating a Northumbrian dene, a narrow, wooded cleft snaking down the hillside.
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I twitched the fingers of my left hand, remembering kave peta cato yane ixa, six seven eight nine ten; and then the right hand, nea avo eta setra dene, one two three four five.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I twitched the fingers of my left hand, remembering kave peta cato yane ixa, six seven eight nine ten; and then the right hand, nea avo eta setra dene, one two three four five.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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I twitched the fingers of my left hand, remembering kave peta cato yane ixa, six seven eight nine ten; and then the right hand, nea avo eta setra dene, one two three four five.
Wildfire Sarah Micklem 2009
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All we know today is that her ashes were buried in the watery dene that now bears her name, and a pink thorn tree is supposed to blossom each spring over her grave.
Archive 2008-05-01 Christopher 2008
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All we know today is that her ashes were buried in the watery dene that now bears her name, and a pink thorn tree is supposed to blossom each spring over her grave.
Putting The Hex Into Hexham Christopher 2008
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Hahahaa I do love it here though and I love our park and especially the dene!!
the-moo Diary Entry the-moo 2006
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Squire Hanger — for the best part of his land followed to him from his father — and had rum and water with him, and spoke his health, and tucked Mrs. Hanger up into the shay, and rode alongside to guarantee them; and then the next day, on the very same horse, up he comes at Hanger-dene, and overhauls every tub on the premises, with a parchment as big as a malt-shovel!
Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004
qms commented on the word dene
A dun dune adorns a beach scene
While inland the valley is green.
The one’s made of sand
The other, rich land,
Yet somehow they both are called dene.
October 15, 2018