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sand
(sănd)n.
1.
a. Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.
b. Geology A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.
2. often sands A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert.
3.
a. The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.
b. sands Moments of allotted time or duration: "The sands are numb'red that makes up my life" (Shakespeare).
4. Slang Courage; stamina; perseverance: "She had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand" (Mark Twain).
5. A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.
tr.v. sand·ed, sand·ing, sands
1. To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.
2. To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.
3. To mix with sand.
4. To fill up (a harbor) with sand.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
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sand
(sænd)n
1. (Geological Science) loose material consisting of rock or mineral grains, esp rounded grains of quartz, between 0.05 and 2 mm in diameter
2. (Physical Geography) (often plural) a sandy area, esp on the seashore or in a desert
3. (Colours)
a. a greyish-yellow colour
b. (as adjective): sand upholstery.
4. the grains of sandlike material in an hourglass
5. informal US courage; grit
6. draw a line in the sand to put a stop to or a limit on
vb
7. (tr) to smooth or polish the surface of with sandpaper or sand: to sand a floor.
8. (tr) to sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand; add sand to
9. to fill or cause to fill with sand: the channel sanded up.
[Old English; related to Old Norse sandr, Old High German sant, Greek hamathos]
ˈsandˌlike adj
Sand
(French sɑ̃d)n
(Biography) George (ʒɔrʒ), pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin. 1804–76, French novelist, best known for such pastoral novels as La Mare au diable (1846) and François le Champi (1847–48) and for her works for women's rights to independence
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sand
(sænd)n.
1. the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
2. Usu., sands. a tract or region composed principally of sand.
3. sands, moments of time or of one's life.
4. a light reddish yellow or brownish yellow color.
5. courage; pluck.
v.t. 6. to smooth or polish with sandpaper or other abrasive.
7. to sprinkle with or as if with sand.
8. to fill up with sand, as a harbor.
9. to add sand to.
Idioms: draw a line in the sand, to set a limit; allow to go up to a point but no further.
[before 900; Middle English (n.), Old English; c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon sand, Old High German sant, Old Norse sandr]
sand′a•ble, adj.
sand′less, adj.
Sand
(sænd; Fr. sɑ̃d, sɑ̃)n.
George (Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin Dudevant), 1804–76, French novelist.
sand.
sandwich.
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sand
(sănd)1. Small, often rounded grains or particles of disintegrated rock, larger than particles of silt. Although sand often consists of quartz, it can consist of any other mineral or rock fragment as well. Coral sand, for example, consists of limestone fragments.
2. A loose collection or deposit of sand grains.
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sand
Past participle: sanded
Gerund: sanding
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Noun | 1. | sand - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral beach - an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake quicksand - a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down atomic number 14, Si, silicon - a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors concrete - a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water |
2. | Sand - French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876) | |
3. | sand - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
Verb | 1. | sand - rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface" rough-sand - sand roughly; "rough-sand the door before painting it" |
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sand
verb
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Translations
رَمْلرَمْل الشّاطئرَمْل، حُطاميُزَجِّج
пясък
písekplážobrousit
sandsandstrandslibestrand
sablo
hiekkahiekkarantahiekoittaahietikkohioa
pijesak
homokhomokos partlecsiszolcsiszolföveny
pasir
pússa meî sandpappírsandur
砂
모래
paplūdimio sandalaisąnašosšlifuotismėliosmėlio audra
pludmaleslīpēt/tīrīt ar smiltīm/smilšpapīrusmiltis
nisip
piesok
pesek
sandsandstrandstrand
ทราย
cát
sand
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sand
n → Sand m no pl; to be built on sand (fig) → auf Sand gebaut sein; sands (of desert) → Sand m; (= beach) → Sandstrand m; the sands are running out (fig) → die Zeit or Uhr läuft ab; the sands of time (fig) → die Zeit; the shifting sands of politics → der politische Flugsand
sand
:sandbag
n → Sandsack m
vt → mit Sandsäcken schützen
sandbank
n → Sandbank f
sandbar
n → Sandbank f
sandblast
vt → sandstrahlen
sandblaster
n → Sandstrahler m
sandblasting
n → Sandstrahlen nt
sandbox
n
(Comput) → Sandbox f
sandboy
n as happy as a sand (Brit inf) → quietschvergnügt (inf)
sand castle
n → Sandburg f
sand dune
n → Sanddüne f
sand
:sand flea
n → Strandfloh m; (harmful) → Sandfloh m
sand fly
n → Sandfliege f
sand glass
n → Sanduhr f
sand hopper
n → Sandhüpfer m
sand
:sandlot
adj (US) sand baseball auf einem nicht als Spielfeld markierten Gelände und zum Spaß gespielter Baseball
sandman
n → Sandmann m
sand martin
n → Uferschwalbe f
sandpaper
n → Sand- or Schmirgelpapier nt
vt → schmirgeln
sandpaper down
vt sep → abschmirgeln
sandpiper
n → Strandläufer m
sandpit
n
(= sand quarry) → Sandgrube f
(Brit: in playground) → Sandkasten m → or -kiste f
(Comput) → Sandbox f
sandshoe
n → Stoffschuh m; (for beach) → Strandschuh m
sandstone
n → Sandstein m
sandstorm
n → Sandsturm m
sand table
n (Mil) → Sandkasten m
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sand
(sӕnd) noun1. a large amount of tiny particles of crushed rocks, shells etc, found on beaches etc.
2. an area of sand, especially on a beach. We lay on the sand.
verb to smooth with eg sand-paper. The floor should be sanded before you varnish it.
ˈsandy adjective1. filled or covered with sand. a sandy beach.
2. (of hair) yellowish-red in colour. She has fair skin and sandy hair.
sandbank (ˈsӕnbӕŋk) noun a bank of sand formed by tides and currents.
sandcastle (ˈsӕnkaːsl) noun a pile of sand, sometimes made to look like a castle, built especially by children on beaches.
sandpaper (ˈsӕnpeipə) noun a type of paper with sand glued to it, used for smoothing and polishing.
verb to make smooth with sandpaper.
sandshoes (ˈsӕnʃuːz) noun plural soft light shoes, often with rubber soles.
sandstone (ˈsӕnstəun) noun a soft type of rock made of layers of sand pressed together.
sand-storm (ˈsӕnstoːm) noun a storm of wind, carrying with it clouds of sand. We were caught in a sandstorm in the desert.
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sand
→ رَمْل písek sand Sand άμμος arena hiekka sable pijesak sabbia 砂 모래 zand sand piasek areia песок sand ทราย kum cát 沙Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
sand
n. arena.
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