Meaning of 'sand'
Meaning of 'sand' (Webster Dictionary)
- Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not
reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which
are not coherent when wet.
- A single particle of such stone.
- The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
- Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
- Courage; pluck; grit. - To sprinkle or cover with sand.
- To drive upon the sand.
- To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
- To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
- A single particle of such stone.
- The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
- Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
- Courage; pluck; grit. - To sprinkle or cover with sand.
- To drive upon the sand.
- To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
- To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
Meaning of 'sand' (Princeton's WordNet)
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