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Dunned vs Denned - What's the difference?

dunned | denned |

As verbs the difference between dunned and denned

is that dunned is past tense of dun while denned is past tense of den.

dunned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dun)
    • 2010 Michael Lewis " Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds" Vanity Fair 1 October 2010:
  • :* Ephraim set about raising the money to restore Vatopaidi to its former glory. He dunned the European Union for cultural funds.

    • denned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (den)
    • English palindromes

    den

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) den, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
    • a den of robbers
    Daniel was put into the lions’ den .
  • A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
    • a den of vice
    an opium den'''; a gambling '''den
  • A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
  • (UK, Scotland, obsolete) A narrow glen; a ravine; a dell.
    • (Shakespeare)
    Synonyms
    * (home of certain animals) lair *: See also:

    Verb

    (denn)
  • (reflexive) To ensconce or hide oneself in (or as in) a den.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) denier, from (etyl) denarius.

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • (a unit of weight)

    • Anagrams

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