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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sand /sænd/USA pronunciation n. - the powdery, loose grains made from rocks rubbing against each other:[uncountable]a few grains of sand in his shoes.
- Usually, sands. [plural] an area made up principally of sand:driving through the sands.
- [uncountable] a light reddish yellow or brownish yellow color.
v. [~ + object] - Buildingto make smooth with sandpaper.
sand•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sand (sand),USA pronunciation n. - the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.
- Usually, sands. a tract or region composed principally of sand.
- the sand or a grain of sand in an hourglass.
- sands, moments of time or of one's life:At this stage of his career the sands are running out.
- a light reddish- or brownish-yellow color.
- [Informal.]courage;
pluck. - Physiologysleeper (def. 10).
- Idioms draw a line in the sand, to set a limit;
allow to go up to a point but no further. v.t. - Buildingto smooth or polish with sand, sandpaper, or some other abrasive:to sand the ends of a board.
- to sprinkle with or as if with sand:to sand an icy road.
- to fill up with sand, as a harbor.
- to add sand to:The mischievous child sanded the sugar.
- bef. 900; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English; cognate with German Sand, Old Norse sandr
sand′a•ble, adj. sand′less, adj. sand′like′, adj. Sand (sand; Fr. sänd),USA pronunciation n. George (jôrj; Fr. zhôrzh)USA pronunciation (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant), 1804–76, French novelist.
sand., - sandwich.
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