sand

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 See also 3 Faroese 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun 5 Old English 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Noun 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Noun 6 Swedish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Related terms

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From Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *sanda, from Proto-Indo-European *sam(a)dho-, from Proto-Indo-European *bhes- (“‘to rub’”).

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  Rhymes: -ænd

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sand (countable and uncountable; plural sands)

1. 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. Sand may be blown around by the wind; gravel is too heavy, and silt (on beaches) does not usually have time to dry out between tides.
2. (often in plural sands) a beach or other expanse of sand.
3. (obsolete) Personal courage (used before or around 1920s)
4. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

   sand colour:

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sand (comparative more sand, superlative most sand)

1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

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to sand (third-person singular simple present sands, present participle sanding, simple past and past participle sanded)

1. (transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

   Then what was the point of sanding my face off? — Space Ghost

2. (transitive) To cover with sand.

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• Appendix:Colours

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• Alphagram: adns
• ANDs
• nads

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sand (neuter sandt, definite and plural sande)

1. true

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sand n. (singular definite sandet, not used in plural form)

1. sand (finely ground rock)

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• Sand on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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sand

1. Accusative of sandur.

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sand m.

1. sand

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See the verb sendan

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sand f.

1. action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals

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Proto-Germanic *sanda-

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sand n.

1. sand, gravel
2. sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore, sandy shore, beach

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Declination for sand	Singular		Uncountable
Common	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	sand	sanden
Possessive form	sands	sandens

sand c.

1. sand (finely ground rock)

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• sanda