dune

«dune» in Mova's school dictionary: a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind, in a desert… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (dune, dunes)

meaning for a pupil

A dune is a hill or ridge of sand piled up by the wind, in a desert or near the sea. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons, wind moves sand and builds dunes; dunes slowly move and change shape. On beach trips, dunes protect the land from the sea, so we stay on paths. Phrases: «sand dune», «sand dunes», «behind the dunes».

examples

• We climbed the sand dunes behind the beach. tree →
• The wind shapes the dunes in the desert. tree →
• Please keep to the path to protect the dunes. tree →
• Camels walked slowly over the dunes. tree →
• Some dunes are taller than a house. tree →
• We rolled down the soft dune. tree →
• Grass grows on the dunes and holds the sand in place. tree →
• He went out and walked towards the dunes. tree →

note

Countable: «a dune», «dunes». Rhymes with «tune». Safety: digging deep tunnels in dunes or sand is dangerous — the sand can collapse. Not a number word.

In the corpora

• She keeps her hole shallow and does not dig a tunnel under the dune.
• Most deserts are rocky or stony rather than covered in sand dunes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dune» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.