sand

Meanings

Plural: sands

Noun

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
fortitude and determination
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
A beach or other mass of sand.
Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
Personal courage.
A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
A single grain of sand.
A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
"sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom)
Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
An excuse for tears.
Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
Ellipsis of sandpiper.

Verb

rub with sandpaper
- "sandpaper the wooden surface"
To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
To cover with sand.
To blot ink using sand.

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sámh₂dʰos, from *sem- (“to pour”).
See also West Frisian sân, Dutch zand, German Sand, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian sand, Latin sabulum, Ancient Greek ἄμαθος (ámathos), English dialectal samel (“sand bottom”), Old Irish do·essim (“to pour out”), Latin sentina (“bilge water”), Lithuanian sémti (“to scoop”), Ancient Greek ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather”), ἄμη (ámē, “water bucket”).

Synonyms

Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, backbone, Baroness Dudevant, George Sand, grit, gumption, guts, moxie, sandpaper

Scrabble Score: 5

sand is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sand is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sand is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

sand is a valid Words With Friends word