sand

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

sands

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

sand

past (v2)

sanded

past participle (v3)

sanded

present participle

sanding

3rd person singular

sands

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 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.

   • The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
   • China’s hunger for sand is insatiable, its biggest dredging site at Lake Poyang produces 989,000 tonnes per day.
   • From east and south the danger was to be expected. Not from the uninhabited northern desert, not from the desolate sands of the unknown west, would it come.

2. 2.A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

3. 3.A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

4. 4.A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

   • The sands are numbered that make up my life.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

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

2. 2.To cover with sand.

   • The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.
   • Sudden stopping, which could be effected easily by sanding the rails and reversing the driving-gear, was dangerous, because the train might telescope and overwhelm the engine.

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