quicksand

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

  1. (countable, uncountable) Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts.
  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything that metaphorically pulls one down or buries one; a treacherous, risky danger

Έννοιες

κινούμενη άμμος

άμμος

βούρκος

λάσπη

κινητή άμμος

σύρτις

Συνώνυμα

shifting sand

running sand

drift sand

quick sand

floating sand

heaving sand

soil flow

unfixed sand

mobile sand

wind drift sand

blown sand

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Συχνότητα

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Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand.

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