sand

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) 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.
2. (countable, usually) 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.
3. (countable, in-plural, often, usually) 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.
4. (dated, uncountable, usually) Personal courage.
5. (uncountable, usually) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
6. (uncountable, usually) A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
7. (countable, obsolete, usually) A single grain of sand.
8. (countable, figuratively, usually) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
9. (uncountable, usually) Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
10. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
11. (uncountable, usually) Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).

Adj

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
2. (transitive) To cover with sand.
3. (historical, transitive) To blot ink using sand.

Concetti

sabbia

rena

scartavetrare

arena

spiaggia

🏖️

carteggiare

sedimento

cartavetrare

terreno sabbioso

terreno arenoso

réna

sabbia

smeriglire

spina dorsale

tagliare

ghiaia

insabbiare

sabbiare

sinonimi

gravel

grit

soil

dust

ground

sandy soil

sandpaper

earth

dirt

sandbank

sandy

Sandy Creek

beach

🏖️

creek bed

mud

powder

gumption

guts

moxie

backbone

sandy ground

pebbles

arena

grind

hone

move

oomph

peppiness

place

plane

plaster

pluck

polish

🇵🇱

refine

ring

💍

riverbed

rubbish

s

sabulous

seaside

sediment

set

shoal

silt

smooth

strand

strop

ugly

verve

vigour

Traduzioni

sable

Sand

arena

areia

zand

άμμος

kum

sorra

رمل

arena

harena

schleifen

arena

arear

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/sænd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: sand

Ereditato da inglese antico: sand

Affine frisone occidentale: sân

Affine olandese: zand

Affine tedesco: Sand

Affine danese: -

Affine svedese: -

Affine norvegese: sand

Affine latino: sabulum

Affine greco antico: ἄμαθος

Affine inglese: -

Affine irlandese antico: do·essim

Affine latino: sentina

Affine lituano: sémti

Affine greco antico: ἀμάω

Ereditato da inglese medio: sanden

In summary

From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos, from *sem- (“to pour”).
See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German, Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), 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”).

Frasi

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in sand .

La cosa stessa era quasi interamente sepolta nella sabbia.

One can imagine these two , covered with sand , running up the little street in the bright sunlight .

Si può immaginare questi due, coperti di sabbia, correndo lungo la piccola strada alla luce del sole.

A castle built from sand fails to endure .

Un castello costruito con sabbia non riesce a resistere.

I was scared , but wasted no time in going out and crossing the bridge to the sand pits .

Avevo paura, ma non ho perso tempo a uscire e attraversare il ponte verso le fosse di sabbia.

And the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction .

E la sabbia e la ghiaia erano stati gettati violentemente in ogni direzione.