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English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos, from *sem- (“to pour”).

See also West Frisian sân, Dutch zand, German Sand, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sand, Latin sabulum, Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”).

Noun

sand (usually uncountable, plural sands)

  1. (uncountable) 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.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.
    • 2018, Neil Tweedie, “Is the world running out of sand? The truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands”, in The Guardian‎:
      “We are addicted to sand but don’t know it because we don’t buy it as individuals,” says Aurora Torres, […]
    • 2018, Neil Tweedie, “Is the world running out of sand? The truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands”, in The Guardian‎:
      China’s hunger for sand is insatiable, its biggest dredging site at Lake Poyang produces 989,000 tonnes per day.
    1. (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
      • 1922, Harvey Whipple, Concrete, volumes 20-21, page 96:
        One sand was that used in cement testing with white well rounded smooth grains, passing through a 20-mesh sieve and retained on a 30-mesh sieve. The other was ordinary brown building sand, passing 40-mesh and retained on 60-mesh.
    2. (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
      The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
      • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 14, in The Lonely Pyramid:
        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. (uncountable, dated) Personal courage.
    Synonym: grit
    • 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
      You may say what you want to, but in my opinion she had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand.
    • 1968, Charles Portis, True Grit:
      He said, “I admire your sand but I believe you will find I am not liable for such claims. Let me say too that your valuation of the horse is high by about two hundred dollars.”
    • 1979, Louis L'Amour, Bendigo Shafter, →ISBN, →OL:
      There was youngsters all around him, and he stood there lookin’ at me and never turned a hair. He had sand, that Morrell.
  3. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  4. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
    sand:  
  5. (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
  6. (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
  7. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
    • 2018 January 3, Moran Eye Center, “Is That Morning 'Eye Gunk' Normal?”, in HealthFeed Blog‎, University of Utah Hospital, archived from the original on 2 January 2020:
      Sleep in your eyes, sleep crust, sand, eye gunk—whatever you call it, we all get it—that crusty stuff in the corners of your eyes when you wake up in the morning. "The medical term is 'rheum,' though you rarely hear it used," […]
    1. (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
      • Cf. Sandman, a mythical character in European folklore who puts people to sleep and encourages and inspires beautiful dreams by sprinkling magical sand onto their eyes.
    2. An excuse for tears.
Derived terms
Translations
See sand/translations § Noun.
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Other terms

Adjective

sand

  1. Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
Translations
See sand/translations § Adjective.

Etymology 2

From Middle English sanden, from the noun (see above).

Verb

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.
  2. (transitive) To cover with sand.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia‎, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 141:
      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.
    • 1958, Boris Pasternak, chapter 4, in Max Hayward, Manya Harari, transl., Doctor Zhivago, New York: Pantheon, page 96:
      The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.
  3. (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
      The officer wrote until he had finished, read over to himself what he had written, sanded it, and handed it to Defarge, with the words "In secret."
Translations
See sand/translations § Verb.

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Etymology 3

Noun

sand (plural sands)

  1. (colloquial, birdwatching) Ellipsis of sandpiper.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zand, from Middle Dutch sant, from Old Dutch *sant, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Pronunciation

Noun

sand (plural sande, diminutive sandjie)

  1. sand

Derived terms

  • sandkorrel

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /san/, [sanˀ]
  • Rhymes: -anˀ
  • Rhymes: -and

Etymology 1

From Old Norse sannr, saðr, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts (“being, existing”), the present participle of *h₁es- (“to be”).

Adjective

sand (neuter sandt, plural and definite singular attributive sande)

  1. true
    Synonym: rigtig
    Antonyms: falsk, usand
Inflection
More information positive, comparative ...

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Noun

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

  1. sand (finely ground rock)
Declension
More information neuter gender, singular ...
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Faroese

Noun

sand

  1. accusative of sandur

Icelandic

Noun

sand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of sandur

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

sand

  1. alternative form of sond

Etymology 2

Noun

sand

  1. alternative form of sonde

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse sandr (“sand, sandy ground, sandbanks”), from Proto-Germanic *samdaz (“sand”), from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos (“sand”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sand m (definite singular sanden)

  1. sand

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, *sandaz. Akin to English sand.

Pronunciation

Noun

sand m (definite singular sanden, indefinite plural sandar, definite plural sandane)

  2. (collective, uncountable) sand
    • 1983, Marit Kaldhol, Lattermilde laken, Oslo: Samlaget, page 87:
      når tårene renn vekk i sanda
      when the tears run away into the sand
  3. (countable) a sandy riverbank
    Synonym: sandøyr

Usage notes

  • In some dialects, especially in central Eastern Norway, feminine gender is used instead. Also using the definite singular form sanda. Compare with above quotations.

Derived terms

References

  • “sand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “sand”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “sand” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *sandō. See also the verb sendan.

Noun

sand f

  1. action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
    • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
      Đes ylca apostol and godspellere becōm, þurh Godes sande, æfter Drihtnes upstiġe tō heofenum, tō Ethiopian, þæt is ðǣra Silhearwena rīce, and ġemette þǣr tweġen drȳmen, Zoroes and Arfaxað, dweliende þæt folc mid heora drȳcræfte.
      After the Lord's ascension to heaven, this same apostle and evangelist arrived in Ethiopia, that is, Silhearwena rice, through God's sending, where he met two sorcerers, Zoroes and Arfaxath, who were leading the people astray with their sorcery.
  2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

More information singular, plural ...
Descendants
  • Middle English: sonde
    • English: saind, send (dialectal; influenced by the verb send)
    • Middle Scots: send (influenced by the verb send)

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos. Compare Old Frisian sand, Old Saxon sand, Old High German sant, Old Norse sandr.

Noun

sand n

  1. sand, gravel
    • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
      Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor.
      Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.
  2. sand by the sea, sands, seashore, sandy shore, beach
Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...
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Old Norse

Noun

sand m

  1. accusative singular of sandr

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. Akin to Old Norse sandr.

Noun

sand n

  1. beach

Swedish

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Etymology

From Old Swedish sander, from Old Norse sandr, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Pronunciation

Noun

sand c

  1. sand (finely ground rock)
    I en öken finns det mycket sand
    In a desert, there is a lot of sand

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