Sand
71sand — n 1. gravel, debris, grit, detritus, attritus; grain, grain of sand, granule, speck, bit, brecchia. 2. sands beach, shore, seashore, strand; sandbar, sand dune, sand hill, sand pile; desert, waste, Sahara. 3.U.S. Informal. pluck, courage, grit,… …
72sand*/*/ — [sænd] noun I 1) [U] a pale brown substance that you find at a beach or in the desert, formed from very small pieces of rock The children were playing in the sand.[/ex] a grain of sand[/ex] 2) sands [plural] an area of sand II verb [I/T] sand… …
73sand up — verb Etymology: sand (II) transitive verb : to choke with sand (as in a well producing sand mixed with oil or gas) intransitive verb : to become choked with sand the well … had sanded up Edwin Corle …
74Sand — There are two possible origins for this Anglo Saxon surname, the first being that it is a topographic name for a dweller at or by a patch of sandy soil. The derivation is from the Old English pre 7th Century sand , sand, with the Old High German… …
75sand — The vast quantities of particles of sand afford many apt allusions in both OT and NT. The descendants of Jacob are to be as numerous as the sand of the sea (Gen. 32:12), and Paul quotes Isaiah s prediction that of this great number only a remnant …
76sand — [OE] Sand is a widespread Germanic word, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish (Dutch has zand). Its prehistoric source was *sandam, which went back to an Indo European *samdam. This also produced Latin sabulum ‘sand’, which evolved into French… …
77Sand — der Sand (Grundstufe) eine lockere Substanz, mit der ein Strand bedeckt ist Beispiele: Die Kinder spielen im Sand. Ich habe Sand in die Schuhe bekommen …
78sand — [OE] Sand is a widespread Germanic word, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish (Dutch has zand). Its prehistoric source was *sandam, which went back to an Indo European *samdam. This also produced Latin sabulum ‘sand’, which evolved into French… …
79sand — Synonyms and related words: backbone, breccia, buff, burnish, debris, detritus, dress, emery, file, furbish, grain, granule, granulet, gravel, grind, grit, guts, intestinal, polish, pumice, rub up, sand dune, sand pile, sandbar, sandblast,… …
80Sand — 1. Wohnstättenname zu mhd., mnd. sant »Sand, Strand, Ufer, sandige Fläche« oder zu dem häufigen gleich lautenden Flurnamen. 2. Herkunftsname zu dem häufigen Ortsnamen Sand …
