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sand English

Meaning sand meaning

What does sand mean?
Definitions in simple English

sand Noun

— Grains of rock that make beaches and deserts. In the summer, Jane goes to the beach, lies on the sand and listens to the waves.

sand Verb

— To rub rough paper on wood to make it smooth. I sand the wood until it is nice and smooth.

sand

— noun a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral — verb (= sandpaper) rub with sandpaper sandpaper the wooden surface — noun (= guts) fortitude and determination he didn't have the guts to try it

Sand

— noun French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)

Synonyms sand synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sand?

sand English » English

gravel grit soil dust ground sandy soil sandpaper earth dirt sandy sandbank creek bed beach Sandy Creek sandy ground powder pebbles mud moxie guts gumption backbone arena work on work at wild dog wasteland vigour very fine sand verve ugly strop strand stone and water to make floor smooth silt shoal set sediment seaside sabulous s rubbish rub off with emery riverbed ring refine polish up polish pluck

Sand English » English

George Sand Baroness Dudevant Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin

Topics sand topics

What do people use sand to talk about?
Universe, creation World Substance, matter

Soil, dirt
Universe, creation World Substance, matter

Rock
Person Body Head

Eye

  • What words refer to the material that collects in the corner of the eyes while sleeping?
    sleep sand matter
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Small animals
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

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Conjugation sand conjugation

How do you conjugate sand?

sand · verb

Examples sand examples

How do I use sand in a sentence?

Simple sentences

We found the footprints in the sand.
Glass is made from sand.
Tom filled his bucket with sand.
The wind drove the sand.
I was accused of stealing sand from a building site, which is not true. I didn't steal anything.
Dry sand absorbs water.
The bottle was filled with what looked like sand.
As far as the eye can reach, nothing is to be seen but sand.
There was nothing but sand as far as the eye could see.
Stop hiding your head in the sand.
The children are building sand castles on the beach.
Several children are playing in the sand.
The sand on the beach was white.
Your scheme is like a house built on the sand.
The truck dumped the sand on the ground.
As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but sand.
I'll show you how to separate gold from sand.
Desert sand cools off rapidly at night.
Salmon go up the river and lay their eggs in the sand.
We cannot walk on the hot sand with bare feet.

Movie subtitles

Without water, there's nothing to let the grains of sand interact.
This frozen block of sand has all of the grains of sand locked together.
The water allows the sand grains to flow together and intermingle and form more complex structures.
The projectile's gonna come through this hole, slam into this target, which is about two feet across - this is just ordinary sand - and we'll see if it survives.
Track every grain of sand.
The sand has run out!
I think he went crazy, bored beyond human endurance, messing around in this sand and these rocks.
This reissue is dedicated to the memory of Antoine Sand.
Aren't the shadows on the sand lovely?
And in the sand.
That sand's beginning to blow too hard.
With sand blowing, we won't be able to see.
Another Joan of Arc, George Sand, Madame Curie or Du Barry.
Look at all the sand.
Look, sir, it's the sand worked in cruel.
Why the sneaking sand shark.
Can anyone enjoy being jolted along week in and week out through heat and dust with sand in your teeth, in your eyes and in your hair?
Faith, now. If you didn't like sand, you shouldn't have left home.
It's not this. It's the sand at the factory.
Lead painting's no good, just like the sand gun.
It's like sand - it gets deep inside you!
But he's used to that from all the sand.
No, I won't. if you think I'll let you hide your head in the sand, you're mistaken.
No more than the sand beneath your feet. or the stone that we became.
Flatter than a sand dab.
Analyze every drop of fuel. Track every grain of sand.
Tonight, the wind will sweep the sand away.
Both marks. are as lines in the sand.
What do you say we build a castle in the sand, honey?
A stocking full of sand and rocks is good for that.
It shows we're awake. and not dunking our heads in the sand like a bunch of ostriches!
Size nine, coral sand.
That's south, but there's nothing there but sand and rock.
But most of them are only dried up mudholes full of sand.
Deep sand?
Just a lot of sand.
When we were kids, the biggest treat was to play on the beach in the sand.
Even as men wrecked upon a sand, that look to be washed off the next tide.

News and current affairs

The same story can be told about kala-azar, which is spread by the sand fly.
The Egyptians' tanks could still have counter-attacked, but they were engaged by an Israeli tank battalion that appeared from well behind the trench lines, having crossed supposedly impassable sand dunes.
The continuing misguided interventions in the Middle East by the United States and the United Kingdom have their roots deep in the Arabian sand.
Look closer at these claims, and you find that they are built on sand.
Putting one's head in the sand and pretending that everyone will benefit from globalization is foolish.
This began to change when China initiated an active policy of dredging sand to fill in reefs and build islands in at least five locations.
Increased sand drift was one of the effects noted during and after the first Gulf war.
Under the crust, the sand particles are loose.
Crushed by the bands and wheels of military vehicles, explosions of bombs and mines, and digging of trenches and walls, the desert's crust is broken and the fine sand particles beneath it are exposed to the wind.
But the consequences of the increased mobility of sand are likely to be far worse than they were in Kuwait, where in the absence of significant agriculture and forests, the impact was mainly on technical systems and infrastructure.
Drifting sand may frequently tip the balance to unsustainability, threatening the livelihoods of entire districts.
For a rare species of sea turtle this is bad news, as the eggs laid in the sand on those very beaches in the annual spawning season are due to hatch at precisely this time of the year.
Without such an effort, attempting to improve the situation is like building a house on a sand dune.
Yet without his constant attention, the road map will run into the Middle East sand dunes that have already buried so many well-intentioned peace plans.
Her stall is far from ideal; with every gust of wind, sand and dirt blow over the meat.
Yet not even this will suffice if we are to build on rock and not on sand.
But a clear line in the sand has been drawn between Latin American countries that want to pursue regional integration on their own terms, and those who see hemispheric integration as directed by the US.
This resulted in a three-phase emulsion of oil, gas, and water that also contained sand and dirt particles.
Before it is too late, countries in the developing world need to get their heads out of the sand.
Stabilizing the debt-to-GDP ratio is thus the line in the sand that must not be crossed.
Trade-distorting subsidies, high import tariffs, and export restrictions act as sand in the gears of the transmission belt and make it more difficult and expensive to bring food to the market - and thus to the family table.
Despite all the oil and gas below the desert sand, growth lagged and unemployment soared.
Yes, Dubai, with its man-made islands, hotels simulating Venice, and roof-top tennis courts, is a real-world castle in the sand.

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