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- [sand]
- /sænd/
- /sænd/
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- [sand]
- /sænd/
Definitions of sand word
- noun sand George [jawrj;; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ;; French ʒɔrʒ/ (Show IPA), (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant) 1804–76, French novelist. 1
- verb with object sand to smooth or polish with sand, sandpaper, or some other abrasive: to sand the ends of a board. 1
- verb with object sand to sprinkle with or as if with sand: to sand an icy road. 1
- verb with object sand to fill up with sand, as a harbor. 1
- verb with object sand to add sand to: The mischievous child sanded the sugar. 1
- idioms sand draw a line in the sand, to set a limit; allow to go up to a point but no further. 1
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Origin of sand
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with German Sand, Old Norse sandr
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Parts of speech for Sand
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sand popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sand usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sand
noun sand
- alluvia — a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
- alluvium — a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
- beige — Something that is beige is pale brown in colour.
- birdlime — a sticky substance, prepared from holly, mistletoe, or other plants, smeared on twigs to catch small birds
- biscuit — A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet.
verb sand
- grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- gritted — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- gritting — abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
- ironing — Chemistry. a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Symbol: Fe; atomic weight: 55.847; atomic number: 26; specific gravity: 7.86 at 20°C. Compare cast iron, pig iron, steel, wrought iron.
- file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
Antonyms for sand
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