sand

sand

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sænd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /sænd/, (/æ/ raising) /sɛənd/
  • 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.
    1. (countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
    2. (countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
  2. (uncountable, dated) Personal courage.
    Synonym: grit
  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.
  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).
    • Cf. sands of time (idiom)
  7. Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
    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.
      • Cf. “Sand in My Eyes”, in TV Tropes, 2023 March 1 (last accessed): “Alternative Title(s): Something In My Eye”
Derived terms
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Adjective

sand

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

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.
  3. (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.
Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of sand(piper).

Noun

sand (plural sands)

  1. (colloquial, birdwatching) A sandpiper.

Anagrams

  • ANDs, dnas, nads, NADS, NDAs, NASD, and's, DNAs, NSDA, dans, Dans, ands

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sant/

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
Related terms
  • sandelig

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
Derived terms

See also

  • sand on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
  • “sand” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Noun

sand

  1. accusative of sandur

Icelandic

Noun

sand

  1. indefinite accusative singular of sandur

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • sande, sond, sonde, saunde

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

  • quyksande

Descendants

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

References

  • “sā̆nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑn/
  • Homophone: sann
  • Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

sand m (definite singular sanden)

  1. sand

Derived terms

References

  • “sand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑnː/, /sɑnd/

Noun

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

  2. (collective, uncountable) 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

  • dans, Sand

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑnd/

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
  2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Descendants
  • Middle English: sande, sonde

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

Strong a-stem:

Derived terms
  • sandiġ
Descendants
  • Middle English: sand, sande, sond, sonde, saunde
    • English: sand
    • Scots: sand
    • Yola: zoane

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

Related terms

References

  • sand in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • sand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • sand in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Svensk MeSH

Anagrams

  • ands, dans

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