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Synonyms for sand


Grammar : Noun, verb
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Phonetic Transcription : sænd

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Définition of sand

Origin :
  • Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *sandam (cf. Old Norse sandr, Old Frisian sond, Middle Dutch sant, Dutch zand, German Sand), from PIE *bhs-amadho- (cf. Greek psammos "sand;" Latin sabulum "coarse sand," source of Italian sabbia, French sable), suffixed form of root *bhes- "to rub."
  • Historically, the line between sand and gravel cannot be distinctly drawn. Used figuratively in Old English in reference to innumerability and instability. General Germanic, but not attested in Gothic, which used in this sense malma, related to Old High German melm "dust," the first element of the Swedish city name Malmö (the second element meaning "island"), and to Latin molere "to grind." Metaphoric for "innumerability" since Old English. Sand dollar, type of flat sea-urchin, so called from 1884, so called for its shape; sand dune attested from 1830.
  • As in shore : noun waterside
  • As in tan : noun light brown
  • As in beige : noun light brown color
  • As in valor : noun bravery
  • As in yellow : noun sunny color
  • As in gravel : noun pebbles
  • As in silt : noun sediment
  • As in cement : noun gluing, binding material
  • As in dust : noun tiny particles in the air
  • As in earth : noun ground, soil
  • As in grit : noun particles of dirt
  • As in ground : noun earth, land
  • As in guts : noun nerve, boldness
  • As in rasp : verb grind, rub
  • As in scour : verb clean, polish thoroughly
  • As in smooth : verb make level
  • As in grind : verb sharpen
Example sentences :
  • The sides of this hill he covered with a layer of bricks that the sand might not be blown away.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • We could not find any of his camps, however; doubtless the sand has long since covered them.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • But it was not to be drifted up with the sand of forgetfulness!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But they saw that the sea was for the swimmer, and the sand for the feet of the runner.
  • Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde
  • Yates caught up a handful of sand, and flung it lightly against the pane.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Linda laid her palm on the top of the sand heap and pressed it flat.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • She gnashed her white tusks, and dug into the sand with her brazen claws.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Tramping on in the sand isn't as bad as it might be, either, when one gets used to it.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • A soft, sliding hillock of sand lay directly in front of them.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • He drew the cane out of the sand, thrusting the stick down in its stead.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

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