sand

[ sand ]
/ sænd /

noun

verb (used with object)

Idioms for sand

    draw a line in the sand, to set a limit; allow to go up to a point but no further.

Origin of sand

before 900; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with German Sand, Old Norse sandr

OTHER WORDS FROM sand

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH sand

sand sediment silt

Definition for sand (2 of 3)

Sand
[ sand; French sahnd ]
/ sænd; French sɑ̃d /

noun

George [jawrj; French zhawrzh] /dʒɔrdʒ; French ʒɔrʒ/Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant,1804–76, French novelist.

Definition for sand (3 of 3)

sand.

Example sentences from the Web for sand

British Dictionary definitions for sand (1 of 2)

sand
/ (sænd) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of sand

sandlike, adjective

Word Origin for sand

Old English; related to Old Norse sandr, Old High German sant, Greek hamathos

British Dictionary definitions for sand (2 of 2)

Sand
/ (French sɑ̃d) /

noun

George (ʒɔrʒ), pen name of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin. 1804–76, French novelist, best known for such pastoral novels as La Mare au diable (1846) and François le Champi (1847–48) and for her works for women's rights to independence

Medical definitions for sand

sand
[ sănd ]

n.

Small, loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.

Scientific definitions for sand

sand
[ sănd ]

A sedimentary material consisting of small, often rounded grains or particles of disintegrated rock, smaller than granules and larger than silt. The diameter of the particles ranges from 0.0625 to 2 mm. Although sand often consists of quartz, it can consist of any other mineral or rock fragment as well. Coral sand, for example, consists of limestone fragments.

Idioms and Phrases with sand

sand

see build on sand; hide one's head in the sand.