sand

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Tiny loose grains of worn rock that form beaches and deserts.

   The children built a castle out of sand on the beach.

2. 2
   verb

   To make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper.

   He sanded the table before painting it.

3. 3
   verb

   To cover or spread with sand.

   The workers sanded the icy road to make it safer.

From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch zand (“sand”), German, Luxembourgish Sand (“sand”), Yiddish זאַמד (zamd, “sand”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish sand (“sand”), Faroese and Icelandic sandur (“sand”), Latin sabulum (“sand, gravel”), Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos, “sand”), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”…

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