sand

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Aabull2016 (talk | contribs) as of 03:40, 19 August 2023.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Sand and sänd

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
Footprints in sand

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sænd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English 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. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      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, The Guardian, "Riddle of the sands: the truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands"
      We are addicted to sand but don't know it because we don't buy it as individuals, ―
    • 2018, The Guardian, "Riddle of the sands: the truth behind stolen beaches and dredged islands"
      China's hunger for sand is insatiable, its biggest dredging site at Lake Poyang produces 989,000 tonnes per day.
  2. (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other expanse 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.
  3. (uncountable, dated) Personal courage.
    • 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.
  4. (uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
  5. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
    sand:  
  6. (countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
  7. (countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
  8. (uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
    a. 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[1], University of Utah Hospital, archived from the original on January 2, 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," […]
    • 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.
    b. An excuse for tears.
    • Cf. “Sand in My Eyes”, in TV Tropes‎[2], 2023 March 1 (last accessed): “Alternative Title(s): Something In My Eye”
Derived terms
Translations
See sand/translations § Noun.
See also
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[3], 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.

See also

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of sand(piper).

Noun

sand (plural sands)

  1. (colloquial) A sandpiper.

Anagrams

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

Danish

Pronunciation

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

  1. true
Inflection
Inflection of sand
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular sand — —2
Indefinite neuter singular sandt — —2
Plural sande — —2
Definite attributive1 sande — —
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
Declension of sand
neuter
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative sand sandet
genitive sands sandets
See also

Faroese

Noun

sand

  1. accusative of sandur

Icelandic

Noun

sand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of sandur

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːnd/, /sand/, /sɔnd/, /sɔːnd/

Noun

sand (uncountable)

  1. sand (finely ground rock)
  2. A grain of sand.
  3. A shoal, the sea floor.
  4. Land, dry ground.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: sand
  • Scots: sand
  • Yola: zoane

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

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

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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

Anagrams

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
  2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals
Declension
Declension of sand (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sand sanda, sande
accusative sande sanda, sande
genitive sande sanda
dative sande sandum
Descendants

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
  2. sand by the sea, sands, seashore, sandy shore, beach
Declension
Declension of sand (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative sand sand
accusative sand sand
genitive sandes sanda
dative sande sandum
Derived terms
Descendants

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

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)

Declension

Declension of sand
nominative genitive
singular indefinite sand sands
definite sanden sandens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

Anagrams

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=sand&oldid=75688115"