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English

Footprints in sand

Etymology

Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *samđaz (cf. Dutch zand, German Sand), from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos (compare Latin sabulum, Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos)), from *sem- 'to pour' (compare English dial. 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 (amē) 'water bucket').

Pronunciation

Noun

sand (countable and uncountable; plural sands)

  1. 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. Sand may be blown around by the wind; gravel is too heavy, and silt (on beaches) does not usually have time to dry out between tides.
  2. (often in plural sands) a beach or other expanse of sand.
  3. (obsolete) Personal courage (used before or around 1920s)
  4. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
    sand colour:

Derived terms

terms derived from sand

See also

Other terms

Adjective

sand (comparative more sand, superlative most sand)

  1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

Translations

colour
  • Bulgarian: пясък bg(bg) (pjasǎk) m.
  • Dutch: zandkleurig, zandkleurige
  • Finnish: hiekanvärinen
  • French: sable inv. m and f
  • Japanese: 砂色の (すないろの, sunairo no)
  • Portuguese: areia pt(pt)

Verb

to sand (third-person singular simple present sands, present participle sanding, simple past and past participle sanded)

  1. (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
    Then what was the point of sanding my face off? — Space Ghost
  2. (transitive) To cover with sand.

Translations

to abrade with sand or sandpaper
  • Japanese: 磨く (みがく, migaku)
  • Portuguese: arear pt(pt)
  • Spanish: lijar es(es)
  • Swedish: slipa, sandpappra
to cover with sand
  • Dutch: met zand bedekken
  • Esperanto: kovri per sablo
  • Finnish: hiekoittaa fi(fi)
  • French: sabler
  • German: versanden (to be covered); mit Sand bedecken
  • Italian: insabbiare it(it)
  • Japanese: 砂 を まく (すなをまく, suna wo maku), 砂 を かける (すなをかける, suna wo kakeru)
  • Portuguese: arear
  • Swedish: sanda (in particular slippery surfaces; surfaces covered with snow or ice)
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Anagrams

Danish

Adjective

sand (neuter sandt, definite and plural sande)

  1. true

Noun

sand n. (singular definite sandet, not used in plural form)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

See also

Faroese

Noun

sand

  1. Accusative of sandur

Norwegian

Noun

sand m.

  1. sand

Old English

Etymology 1

See the verb sendan

Noun

sand f.

  1. action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
  2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *sanda-

Noun

sand n.

  1. sand, gravel
  2. sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore, sandy shore, beach

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection for sand
uncountable uncountable
Common indefinite definite
nominative sand sanden
genitive sands sandens

sand c.

  1. sand (finely ground rock)

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