sand

See also: Sand and sänd

English

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)

(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.
(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 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
  It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!
(uncountable, dated) Personal courage.
- 1884, Twain, Mark, 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, L'Amour, Louis, Bendigo Shafter, →ISBN, OL 24369989M:
  There was youngsters all around him, and he stood there lookin’ at me and never turned a hair. He had sand, that Morrell.
(uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
sand:
(countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
- 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene v]:
  One sand another.
  Not more resembles that sweet rosy lad
(countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
- c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iv]:
  The sands are numbered that make up my life.

Derived terms

Blundellsands
Bolton-le-Sands
built on sand
Burgh by Sands
bury one's head in the sand
enough sense to pound sand into a rathole
Grange-over-Sands
Great Sandy Desert
Great Wall of Sand‎
ironsand, iron sand
kick sand in somebody's face
oil sand
pound sand
quicksand
running sand
sandbag
sandbank
sandbar
sand bath
sandblast
sand-blind
sand boil
sandbox
sandbox tree
sandboy
sandbugger
sandbur
sand-cast
sand casting
sandcastle
sand crack
sand dab
sand dollar
sand dome
sand drag
sand dune
sand eel
sander
sanderling
sand flea
sandfly
sand fly
sandfly fever
sandglass
sandgroper
sandgrouse
sandhill crane
sand hill, sandhill
sandhog
sand hopper
Sand Hutton
sandiness
sand iron
sand lance
sand leek
sand lily
sand lizard
sandman
sand martin
sand painting
sandpaper
sand pear
sandpiper
sandpit
Sand Ridge, Sandridge
sand shark
sand shoe
sandshoe
sandsoap
sandspit
sandstorm
sand table
sand trap
sand verbena
sand viper
sandward
sand wedge
sand winning
sandworm
sandwort
sandy
sand yacht
sandyacht
tar sand
Woburn Sands

Translations

See sand/translations § Noun.

Adjective

sand

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)

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
(transitive) To cover with sand.
- 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, 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, Doctor Zhivago, translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, New York: Pantheon, Chapter 4, page 96,
  The golden domes of churches and the freshly sanded paths in the town gardens were a glaring yellow.
(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.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of sand(piper).

Noun

sand (plural sands)

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

Anagrams

ANDs, DNAs, Dans, NADS, NDAs, and's, ands, dans, nads

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/
Audio (file)

Noun

sand (plural sande, diminutive sandjie)

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

true

Inflection

Inflection of sand
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	sand	—	—²
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.

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)

sand (finely ground rock)

Declension

Declension of sand

neuter gender	Singular
neuter gender	indefinite	definite
nominative	sand	sandet
genitive	sands	sandets

Faroese

Noun

sand

accusative of sandur

Icelandic

Noun

sand

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/

Noun

sand (uncountable)

sand (finely ground rock)
A grain of sand.
A shoal, the sea floor.
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)

sand

Derived terms

Terms derived from sand

kattesand
kvikksand
oljesand
sandbanke

sandblåse
sanddyne
sandholdig
sandkorn

sandpapir
sandsekk
sandstorm
sandstrand

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)

(collective, uncountable) sand
- 1983, Kaldhol, Marit, Lattermilde laken, Oslo: Samlaget, page 87:
  når tårene renn vekk i sanda
  when the tears run away into the sand
(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

Terms derived from sand

fjøresand
flogsand
flygesand
foksand
fykesand
grovsand
kalksand
kvikksand
olivinsand
oljesand
renne ut i sanden
sandbakke
sandbakkels
sandbanke
sandblåse
sandbotn
sanddunge
sanddyne

sanden
sandete
sandflyndre
sandfok
sandgrunn
sandhaldig
sandhaug
sandhei
sandhøns
sandjekt
sandjord
sandkake
sandkasse
sandkorn
sandlendt
sandmakk
sandmale
sandmel

sandmo
sandmusling
sandpapir
sandrøyr
sandsekk
sandskjel
sandstein
sandstorm
sandstrand
sandsvale
sandsåpe
sandtak
sandørken
sandøyr
skjelsand
skuresand
strø sand på
støypesand

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

action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
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

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

sand, gravel
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

sandiġ

Descendants

Middle English: sand, sande, sond, sonde, saunde
- English: sand
- Scots: sand
- Yola: zoane

Old Norse

Noun

sand m

accusative singular of sandr

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

sand n

beach

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

audio (file)

Noun

sand c

sand (finely ground rock)

Declension

Declension of sand
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sand	sanden	—	—
Genitive	sands	sandens	—	—

Related terms

sanda
sandbacke
sandbakelse
sandbank
sandblandad
sandblästra
sandblästring
sandbotten
sandbunker
sanddyn
sandfilter
sandflykt
sandfält
sandfärgad
sandgrop
sandgul
sandgång
sandhed
sandhink
sandhög
sandig
sandjord
sandkaka
sandkorn
sandkrypare
sandlilja
sandloppa
sandlåda
sandlådenivå
sandmask
sandmo
sandmylla
sandning
sandpapper
sandpappra
sandpappring
sandplan
sandrev
sandrevel
sandrör
sandskädda
sandslott
sandslätt
sandsten
sandstorm
sandstrand
sandströare
sandsäck
sandtag
sandtäckt
sandtäkt
sandvall
Sandviken
sandvita
sandås
sandödla
sandöken
ökensand

References

sand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

ands, dans