English
Image:Footprints in sand.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Footprints in sand]]

Etymology
OE. sand

Noun
en-noun

1. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see w:Grain_size|grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. Sand may be blown around by the wind; gravel is too heavy, and silt (on beaches) does not usually have time to dry out between tides.
2. (often in plural sands) a beach or other expanse of sand.
3. obsolete Personal courage (used before or around 1920s)
4. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

#: <table><tr><td>sand colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#DBC7AB?" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

Derived terms
top4
built on sand
bury one's head in the sand
Great Sandy Desert
kick sand in somebody's face
oil sand
quicksand
sandbag
sandbank
sandbar
sand bath
sandblast
sand-blind
sandbox
sandbox tree
sandboy
sandbur
mid4
sand-cast
sand casting
sandcastle
sand crack
sand dab
sand dollar
sand dune
sand eel
sander
sanderling
sand flea
sandfly, sand fly
sandfly fever
sandglass
sandgroper
sandgrouse
sand hill
mid4
sandhill crane
sandhog
sand hopper
sandiness
sand iron
sand lance
sand leek
sand lily
sand lizard
sandman
sand martin
sand painting
sandpaper
sand pear
sandpiper
sandpit
sand shark
mid4
sand shoe, sandshoe
sandsoap
sandspit
sandstorm
sand table
sand trap
sand verbena
sand viper
sand wedge
sandworm
sandwort
sandy
sand yacht
sandyacht
tar sand

Related terms
top4
ammocoete
arena
mid4
arenicolous
psammite
mid4
sabulous
shar-pei
mid4
tombolo

Catalan: sorra f
Cherokee: ��
Chinese: � (sh�)
Croatian: pijesak m
Czech: písek m
Danish: sand#Danish|sand
Dutch: zand n, zavel m
Esperanto: sablo
Finnish: hiekka
French: sable m
German: Sand m
Hawaiian: one#Hawaiian|one
Hebrew: ��� (khol) m
Hungarian: homok
Indonesian: pasir
trans-mid
Italian: sabbia f
Japanese: � (��, suna)
Korean: 모� (morae)
Kuna: ukub
Kurdish: KUchar|خ�ڵ
Latvian: smiltis f|p
Lithuanian: sm�lis f
Maori: one#Maori|one
Norwegian: sand#Norwegian|sand
Occitan: sabla, arena f
Polish: piasek m
Portuguese: areia f
Proto-Polynesian: 'one
Romanian: nisip m|f
Russian: пе�ок (pesók) m
Sardinian: arena f
Sicilian: rina f
Slovene: pesek m
Spanish: arena f
Swahili: mchanga (class 3/4)
Swedish: sand#Swedish|sand
Telugu: �స�� (isuka)
Turkish: kum
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trans-top|beach
Catalan: platja,f
Cherokee: ��
Czech: pláž f
Danish: sandstrand, strand
Dutch: zandstrand n
Finnish: hietikko, hiekkaranta
French: plage f
trans-mid
German: Sand m (sandy islet), Sandstrand m
Italian: spiaggia f
Japanese: �� (����, sunahama), ��� (bīchi)
Norwegian: sandstrand, strand
Portuguese: praia f
Swedish: sandstrand, strand
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trans-top|courage
Czech: kuráž f
trans-mid
French: cran m
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trans-top|colour
Cherokee: ��
Danish: sandfarvet
Finnish: hiekka, hiekanvärinen
French: ton sable m, teinte sable f,
German: Sand n, Sandfarbe f
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (����, sunairo)
Norwegian: sandfarget
Portuguese: areia m
Swedish: sandfärgad
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Breton: traezh (collective); traezhenn (f sg)
ttbc|Chinese: � (sh�)
ttbc|Frisian: sân
ttbc|Indonesian: pasir
ttbc|Irish: gaineamh m1
ttbc|Isthmus Zapotec: yuxi
ttbc|Old English: sand#Old English|sand m
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ش� (shen)
ttbc|Polish: piasek m

Adjective
sand (no compar or superl)

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

Translations
trans-top|colour
Bulgarian: п���к (pjas�k) m
Dutch: zandkleurig, zandkleurige
Finnish: hiekanvärinen
trans-mid
French: sable inv. m and f
Japanese: ��� (�����, sunairo no)
Portuguese: areia

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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
en-verb

1. To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

#: Then what was the point of sanding my face off? &mdash; Space Ghost

1. To cover with sand.

Translations
trans-top|to abrade with sand or sandpaper
Dutch: schuren
Finnish: hioa hiekkapaperilla
French: poncer (sandpaper), <!--confirmed correct by Paul G on 2006-03-12--> sabler (sand jet)
German: schleifen, schmirgeln
trans-mid
Japanese: 磨� (���, migaku)
Portuguese: arear
Swedish: slipa, sandpappra
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trans-top|to cover with sand
Dutch: met zand bedekken
Finnish: hiekoittaa
French: sabler<!--confirmed correct by Paul G on 2006-03-12-->
German: versanden (to be covered); mit Sand bedecken
trans-mid
Italian: insabbiare
Japanese: ���� (�����, suna wo maku), ����� (������, suna wo kakeru)
Portuguese: arear
Swedish: sanda (in particular slippery surfaces; surfaces covered with snow or ice)
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;to be checked
ttbc|Spanish: lijar

See also
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Browns
Category:Colors

Danish

Noun
sand

1. sand (finely ground rock)

Adjective
sand

1. true

Category:Danish adjectives

Faroese

Noun
sand

1. accusative of sandur: sand (finely ground rock)

Old English

Etymology 1
See the verb sendan

Noun
sand f

1. action of sending, embassy, mission, deputation; message
2. sending, service, course of food, dish of food, repast, mess, victuals

Etymology 2
Common Germanic *sanda-

Noun
sand n

1. sand, gravel
2. sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore, sandy shore, beach

Category:Old English nouns

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-sand.ogg|audio

Noun
sv-noun-unc-c|2=sanden
sand

1. sand (particles of rock)

Related terms
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