sand
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sænd/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
From Middle English sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz (compare West Frisian sân, Dutch zand, German Sand, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sand), from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos (compare Latin sabulum, Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos)), from *sem- (“to pour”) (compare English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish to-ess-sem (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”)).
Noun
sand (usually uncountable, plural sands)
- (uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
- We are addicted to sand but don't know it because we don't buy it as individuals, ― The Guardian, 2018, Riddle of the sands: the truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands
- China's hunger for sand is insatiable, its biggest dredging site at Lake Poyang produces 989,000 tonnes per day. ― The Guardian, 2018, Riddle of the sands: the truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands
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- (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
- The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
- It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!
- (uncountable, dated, circa 1920) Personal courage.
- 1884, Twain, Mark, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
- You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand.
- 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit
- He said, “I admire your sand but I believe you will find I am not liable for such claims. Let me say too that your valuation of the horse is high by about two hundred dollars.”
- 1979, L'Amour, Louis, Bendigo Shafter, →ISBN, OL 24369989M:
- There was youngsters all around him, and he stood there lookin’ at me and never turned a hair. He had sand, that Morrell.
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- (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
- sand colour:
- (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- (countable, figuratively) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
- The sands are numbered that make up my life.
- (Can we date this quote?) William Shakespeare
Derived terms
- built on sand
- bury one's head in the sand
- Grange-over-Sands
- Great Sandy Desert
- ironsand, iron sand
- kick sand in somebody's face
- oil sand
- pound sand
- quicksand
- sandbag
- sandbank
- sandbar
- sand bath
- sandblast
- sand-blind
- sand boil
- sandbox
- sandbox tree
- sandboy
- sandbur
- sand-cast
- sand casting
- sandcastle
- sand crack
- sand dab
- sand dollar
- sand drag
- sand dune
- sand eel
- sander
- sanderling
- sand flea
- sandfly
- sand fly
- sandfly fever
- sandglass
- sandgroper
- sandgrouse
- sand hill
- sandhill crane
- sandhog
- sand hopper
- sandiness
- sand iron
- sand lance
- sand leek
- sand lily
- sand lizard
- sandman
- sand martin
- sand painting
- sandpaper
- sand pear
- sandpiper
- sandpit
- sand shark
- sand shoe
- sandshoe
- sandsoap
- sandspit
- sandstorm
- sand table
- sand trap
- sand verbena
- sand viper
- sandward
- sand wedge
- sand winning
- sandworm
- sandwort
- sandy
- sandyacht
- sand yacht
- tar sand
Translations
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Translations
Verb
sand (third-person singular simple present sands, present participle sanding, simple past and past participle sanded)
- (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
- (transitive) To cover with sand.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, page 141,
- Sudden stopping, which could be effected easily by sanding the rails and reversing the driving-gear, was dangerous, because the train might telescope and overwhelm the engine.
- 1958, Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, New York: Pantheon, Chapter 4, page 96,
- The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, page 141,
- (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
- The officer wrote until he had finished, read over to himself what he had written, sanded it, and handed it to Defarge, with the words "In secret."
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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See also
- Appendix:Colors
Etymology 2
Abbreviation of sand(piper).
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zand, from Middle Dutch sant, from Old Dutch *sant, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sant/
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /san/, [sanˀ]
- Rhymes: -anˀ
Etymology 1
From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (“being, existing”), the present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”).
Inflection
Inflection of sand | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | sand | — | —2 |
Neuter singular | sandt | — | —2 |
Plural | sande | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | sande | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
Declension
neuter gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sand | sandet |
genitive | sands | sandets |
Faroese
Icelandic
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːnd/, /sand/, /sɔnd/
Noun
sand (uncountable)
Derived terms
References
- “sā̆nd (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑnd/, /sɑnː/
Derived terms
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑnd/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *sandō. See also the verb sendan.
Noun
sand f
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos. Compare Old Frisian sand, Old Saxon sand, Old High German sant, Old Norse sandr.
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
Pronunciation
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Declension
Declension of sand | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sand | sanden | — | — |
Genitive | sands | sandens | — | — |
Related terms
- sanda
- sandbacke
- sandbakelse
- sandbank
- sandblandad
- sandblästra
- sandblästring
- sandbotten
- sandbunker
- sanddyn
- sandfilter
- sandflykt
- sandfält
- sandfärgad
- sandgrop
- sandgul
- sandgång
- sandhed
- sandhink
- sandhög
- sandig
- sandjord
- sandkaka
- sandkorn
- sandkrypare
- sandlilja
- sandloppa
- sandlåda
- sandlådenivå
- sandmask
- sandmo
- sandmylla
- sandning
- sandpapper
- sandpappra
- sandpappring
- sandplan
- sandrev
- sandrevel
- sandrör
- sandskädda
- sandslott
- sandslätt
- sandsten
- sandstorm
- sandstrand
- sandströare
- sandsäck
- sandtag
- sandtäckt
- sandtäkt
- sandvall
- Sandviken
- sandvita
- sandås
- sandödla
- sandöken
- ökensand
References
- sand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)