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Dured vs Duned - What's the difference?

dured | duned |

As a verb dured

is (dure).

As an adjective duned is

(geology) featuring or formed into dunes.

dured

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dure)

    • dure

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (dur)
  • (label) To last, continue, endure.
  • *:
  • *:she was one of the damoysels of the lake that hy?te Nyneue // And euer she maade Merlyn good chere tyl she had lerned of hym al maner thynge that she desyred and he was assoted vpon her that he myghte not be from her / Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe but for al his craftes he shold be put in the erthe quyck
  • *1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) XIII:
  • *:But he that was sowne in the stony grunde ys he, which heareth the worde of God, and anon with ioye receaveth itt, yet hath no rottes in himselfe, And therefore he dureth but a season.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (lena) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) hard; harsh; severe; rough
  • * W. H. Russell
    • The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.

    Anagrams

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    duned

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (geology) Featuring or formed into dunes.
  • * 1912 , William Mumford Gregory, Geological report on Arenac County , Issue 11, page 76,
    • The banks are duned and are nearly 40 feet above the lake.
  • * 1971 , , The Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society , Volume 22, page 153,
    • These are related to positioning of the meter array on the form of the duned bed.
  • * 1975 , Joel S. Watkins, Michael L. Bottino, Marie Morisawa, Our Geological Environment , page 226,
    • Duned coasts appear where sand accumulates on a beach faster than the waves can move the material alongshore.