Complete Definition of "quicksand"

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Noun
quicksand

  1. Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts

#:My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.

Translations

Dutch: drijfzand n
Finnish: t-|fi|juoksuhiekka
French: sables mouvants m (always plural)
German: t-|de|Treibsand|m
Italian: sabbie mobili f
Japanese: �� (�����, ryuu sha)
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Norwegian: t-|no|kvikksand|f
Old English: sandgeweorp n, sandrid n
Persian: �اس� باد� (Masse-badi)
Portuguese: areia movediça f
Russian: ��п��ие пе�ки m (always plural)
Spanish: arenas movedizas
Swedish: kvicksand c

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