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sand

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1. sand - Noun

2. sand - Adjective

3. sand - Verb

Meaning

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 dictionary

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It'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

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