sand

Значение (Английский)

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.

Синонимы

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

Переводы

sable

Sand

arena

sabbia

areia

zand

άμμος

kum

sorra

arena

رمل

rena

arena

schleifen

Произносится как (IPA)

/sænd/

Этимология (Английский)

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: sand

Унаследовано от староанглийский: sand

Родственно западнофризский: sân

Родственно нидерландский: zand

Родственно немецкий: Sand

Родственно датский: -

Родственно шведский: -

Родственно норвежский: sand

Родственно латинский: sabulum

Родственно древнегреческий: ἄμαθος

Родственно английский: -

Родственно староирландский: do·essim

Родственно латинский: sentina

Родственно литовский: sémti

Родственно древнегреческий: ἀμάω

Унаследовано от среднеанглийский: 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”).

Предложения

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in sand .

Сама вещь была почти полностью похоронена в песке.

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

Можно представить, что эти двое, покрытые песком, бегут по маленькой улице в ярком солнечном свете.

A castle built from sand fails to endure .

Замок, построенный из песка, не может терпеть.

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

Я был напуган, но не терял времени, когда выходил на улицу и пересекая мост к песчаным ямам.

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

И песок и гравий были сильно разбросаны во всех направлениях.