sand
(s
nd)
KEY
NOUN:
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- Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.
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Geology
A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.
- A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert. Often used in the plural.
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- The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.
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sands
Moments of allotted time or duration:
"The sands are numb'red that makes up my life"
(Shakespeare).
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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).
- A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
sand·ed
,
sand·ing
,
sands
- To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.
- To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.
- To mix with sand.
- To fill up (a harbor) with sand.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English
