Sand > define

noun

• A loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral.
• French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876.
  • synonyms: George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant
• Fortitude and determination.
  • usage: "he didn't have the guts to try it"
  • synonyms: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, gumption

verb

• Rub with sandpaper.
  • usage: "sandpaper the wooden surface"
  • synonyms: sandpaper

• (v.t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
• (n.) Courage; pluck; grit.
• (v.t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand.
• (v.t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
• (n.) Fine particles of stone, especially of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
• (n.) Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
• (v.t.) To drive upon the sand.
• (n.) A single particle of such stone.
• (n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.