sand

Betekenis (English)

Noun

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.
2. 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. 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. Personal courage.
5. A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
6. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
7. (obsolete) A single grain of sand.
8. A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
9. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
10. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
11. 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. To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
2. To cover with sand.
3. To blot ink using sand.

Concepten

zand

zavel

zandstrand

krijt

piste

schuren

kampplaats

zanderig

zandkleurig

zandig

zandkleurige

afschuren

lef

met zand bedekken

strijdperk

verzanden

zandgrond

zandkorrel

arena

Synonyms

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

s

sabulous

seaside

sediment

set

shoal

silt

smooth

strand

strop

ugly

verve

vigour

wasteland

work on

abrase

polish up

wild dog

work at

make flat

stone and water to make floor

airidity

atom of dust

very fine sand

antmound

abradant

rub off with emery

abrade

arenite

ashes

bond

bracelet

brush up

cement

clay

clean

coarse

coast

country

creek

desert

🏜️

dryness

emery

face

fill up

fine

flatten

ginger

grain of sand

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/sænd/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: sand

Inherited from Oudengels: sand

Cognate with Fries: sân

Cognate with Nederlands: zand

Cognate with Duits: Sand

Cognate with Deens: -

Cognate with Zweeds: -

Cognate with Noors: sand

Cognate with Latijn: sabulum

Cognate with Oudgrieks: ἄμαθος

Cognate with Engels: -

Cognate with Oudiers: do·essim

Cognate with Latijn: sentina

Cognate with Litouws: sémti

Cognate with Oudgrieks: ἀμάω

Inherited from Middelengels: sanden

In summary

From Middle English 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 West Frisian sân, Dutch zand, German Sand, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sand, Latin sabulum, Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos), 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”).

Zinnen

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in sand .

Het ding zelf was bijna volledig begraven in zand .

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

Men kan zich deze twee voorstellen, bedekt met zand , de kleine straat in het felle zonlicht oprennen.

A castle built from sand fails to endure .

Een kasteel gebouwd uit zand faalt niet.

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

Ik was bang, maar verspilde geen tijd om uit te gaan en de brug over te steken naar de zandkuilen .

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

En het zand en het grind waren gewelddadig in elke richting geslingerd.