1. sand - Noun
2. sand - Adjective
3. sand - Verb
Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
A single particle of such stone.
The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
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.
Courage; pluck; grit.
To sprinkle or cover with sand.
To drive upon the sand.
To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Muhammad Ali
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything. Gao Xingjian
A building of sand falls as you build it. Cameroon Proverb
Who builds on the mob builds on sand. Italian Proverb
Who builds upon the people, builds upon sand. Italian Proverb