sand
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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 do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”)).
NounEdit
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.
- 2018, The Guardian, "Riddle of the sands: the truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands"
- We are addicted to sand but don't know it because we don't buy it as individuals, ―
- 2018, The Guardian, "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.
- (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.
- (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:
- (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).
- c. 1591–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 1, scene iv]:
- The sands are numbered that make up my life.
Derived termsEdit
- Blundellsands
- Bolton-le-Sands
- 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 dome
- sand drag
- sand dune
- sand eel
- sander
- sanderling
- sand flea
- sand fly
- sandfly
- 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
- sand yacht
- sandyacht
- tar sand
- Woburn Sands
TranslationsEdit
See alsoEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sand
- Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
TranslationsEdit
See sand/translations § Adjective.
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English sanden, from the noun (see above).
VerbEdit
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, [1]
- 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, [1]
- (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."
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 3Edit
Abbreviation of sand(piper).
NounEdit
sand (plural sands)
- (colloquial) A sandpiper.
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch zand, from Middle Dutch sant, from Old Dutch *sant, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sand (plural sande, diminutive sandjie)
Derived termsEdit
DanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (“being, existing”), the present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”).
AdjectiveEdit
sand
InflectionEdit
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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
NounEdit
sand n (singular definite sandet, not used in plural form)
- sand (finely ground rock)
DeclensionEdit
neuter gender |
Singular | |
---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sand | sandet |
genitive | sands | sandets |
See alsoEdit
- sand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
FaroeseEdit
NounEdit
sand
- accusative of sandur
IcelandicEdit
NounEdit
sand
Middle EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sand (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sā̆nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sand m (definite singular sanden)
Derived termsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse sandr. Akin to English sand.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sand m (definite singular sanden)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Germanic *sandō. See also the verb sendan.
NounEdit
sand f
- action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
- sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos. Compare Old Frisian sand, Old Saxon sand, Old High German sant, Old Norse sandr.
NounEdit
sand n
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
sand n
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
sand c
- sand (finely ground rock)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sand | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | sand | sanden | — | — |
Genitive | sands | sandens | — | — |
Related termsEdit
- 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