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sand

(sănd)

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.

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)

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

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)

(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.

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

Imperative
sand
sand

Present
I sand
you sand
he/she/it sands
we sand
you sand
they sand

Preterite
I sanded
you sanded
he/she/it sanded
we sanded
you sanded
they sanded

Present Continuous
I am sanding
you are sanding
he/she/it is sanding
we are sanding
you are sanding
they are sanding

Present Perfect
I have sanded
you have sanded
he/she/it has sanded
we have sanded
you have sanded
they have sanded

Past Continuous
I was sanding
you were sanding
he/she/it was sanding
we were sanding
you were sanding
they were sanding

Past Perfect
I had sanded
you had sanded
he/she/it had sanded
we had sanded
you had sanded
they had sanded

Future
I will sand
you will sand
he/she/it will sand
we will sand
you will sand
they will sand

Future Perfect
I will have sanded
you will have sanded
he/she/it will have sanded
we will have sanded
you will have sanded
they will have sanded

Future Continuous
I will be sanding
you will be sanding
he/she/it will be sanding
we will be sanding
you will be sanding
they will be sanding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been sanding
you have been sanding
he/she/it has been sanding
we have been sanding
you have been sanding
they have been sanding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been sanding
you will have been sanding
he/she/it will have been sanding
we will have been sanding
you will have been sanding
they will have been sanding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been sanding
you had been sanding
he/she/it had been sanding
we had been sanding
you had been sanding
they had been sanding

Conditional
I would sand
you would sand
he/she/it would sand
we would sand
you would sand
they would sand

Past Conditional
I would have sanded
you would have sanded
he/she/it would have sanded
we would have sanded
you would have sanded
they would have sanded

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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 sand bar, sandbar - a bar of sand spit, tongue - a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea 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 dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
	2.	Sand - French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876) Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, George Sand
	3.	sand - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" guts, moxie, backbone, grit, gumption 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" sandpaper smooth, smoothen - make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood" rough-sand - sand roughly; "rough-sand the door before painting it"

sand

verb

1. smooth, file, scrape, scour, wear down, grind down, wear away, abrade Sand the surface softly and carefully.

plural noun

1. beach, shore, strand (literary), dunes miles of golden sands

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Translations

رَمْلرَمْل الشّاطئرَمْل، حُطاميُزَجِّج

пясък

písekplážobrousit

sandsandstrandslibestrand

Sand schmirgeln schleifen abschmirgeln

άμμος

sablo

arena lijar playa arenosa

hiekkahiekkarantahiekoittaahietikkohioa

sable plage sabler sablonner arène

pijesak

homokhomokos partlecsiszolcsiszolföveny

pasir

pússa meî sandpappírsandur

sabbia spiaggia carteggiare cospargere di sabbia insabbiare

砂

모래

paplūdimio sandalaisąnašosšlifuotismėliosmėlio audra

pludmaleslīpēt/tīrīt ar smiltīm/smilšpapīrusmiltis

zandzavelschuren

sandsandstrandslipe med sandpapir strand

piasek

areia praia arear

nisip

песок

piesok

pesek

sandsandstrandstrand

ทราย

kumkum doldurmakkum serpmekkumlukkumsal

cát

沙沙子沙滩用沙纸磨光

sand

[sænd]

A. N

1. (= substance) → arena f
grains of sand → granos mpl de arena
the sands are running out → queda poco tiempo

2. sands (= beach) → playa fsing; [of desert] → arenas fpl

B. VT

1. [+ road] → echar arena a

2. (also sand down) [+ wood etc] → lijar; [+ floor] → pulir

C. CPD sand bar N → barra f de arena, banco m de arena
sand dune N → duna f
sand flea N → pulga f de mar
sand fly [ˈsændflaɪ] N → jején m, mosquito m
sand martin N → avión m zapador

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sand

[ˈsænd]

n → sable m

vt (also sand down) [+ wood, surface] → poncer

sands npl

(= beach) → plage f (de sable)

(fig) the shifting sands of politics → l'univers mouvant de la politique
the shifting sands of her life → son existence mouvementée
the sands of time → le temps qui passe

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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

vt (= smooth) → schmirgeln; (= sprinkle with sand) → streuen

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

(Rail) → Sandstreuer m; (Metal) → Sandform f; (for playing) → Sandkasten m

(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

(= 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

adj → Sandstein-, aus Sandstein; sand building → Sandsteinbau m

sandstorm

n → Sandsturm m

sand table

n (Mil) → Sandkasten m

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sand

[sænd]

1. n → sabbia
see also sands

2. vt

a. (road) → cospargere di sabbia

b. (also sand down) (wood) → levigare, smerigliare

sand

(sӕnd) noun

1. 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 adjective

1. 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.

sand

→ رَمْل písek sand Sand άμμος arena hiekka sable pijesak sabbia 砂 모래 zand sand piasek areia песок sand ทราย kum cát 沙

sand

n. arena.

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"Something draws me to it," says the girl, making images with her finger in the sand. "I try to keep away from it, and I can't.

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Walking beyond the line of trees they saw before them a fearful, dismal desert, everywhere gray sand. At the edge of this awful waste was a large, white sign with black letters neatly painted upon it and the letters made these words:

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Here he was interrupted by a loud report, and a cannonball came tearing through the trees and pitched in the sand not a hundred yards from where we two were talking.

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The tide was half out, and they sailed squarely in on the sand, grounding in a row, with the salmon boat in the middle.

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Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits.

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Next to the water was a broad beach of white sand and gravel, and farther back were several rocky hills, while beyond these appeared a strip of green trees that marked the edge of a forest.

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At length the feeding-supply of water gave out; the cylinder was extinguished for lack of gas; the Buntzen battery ceased to work, and the balloon, shrinking together, gently descended to the sand, in the very place that the car had hollowed out there.

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My bedding lay upon a rug stretched directly upon the warm sand. The noise appeared to be coming from beneath the rug.

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Vast, vast -- an endless wilderness of sand; A stream crawls through its tawny banks; the hills Encompass it; where in the dismal dusk Moan the last sighs of sunset.

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Beside the trees, on a sand bank, they pitched camp.

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At night, when our sailors, especially the Moors, were in a profound sleep (for the Mohammedans, believing everything forewritten in the decrees of God, and not alterable by any human means, resign themselves entirely to Providence), our vessel ran aground upon a sand bank at the entrance of the harbour.

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He went off sulking, but more sheepishly than I had expected-- perhaps he had been shaken by his fall--and I watched the star of sand splashed on his back receding down the road with a horrid vindictive pleasure.