sand

Meaning

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sænd/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

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