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–noun

1.	the more or less fine debris of rocks, consisting of small, loose grains, often of quartz.

2.	Usually, sands. a tract or region composed principally of sand.

3.	the sand or a grain of sand in an hourglass.

4.	sands, moments of time or of one's life: At this stage of his career the sands are running out.

5.	a light reddish- or brownish-yellow color.

6.	Informal. courage; pluck.

7.	sleeper (def. 10).

–verb (used with object)

8.	to smooth or polish with sand, sandpaper, or some other abrasive: to sand the ends of a board.

9.	to sprinkle with or as if with sand: to sand an icy road.

10.	to fill up with sand, as a harbor.

11.	to add sand to: The mischievous child sanded the sugar.

—Idiom

12.	draw a line in the sand, to set a limit; allow to go up to a point but no further.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME (n.), OE; c. G Sand, ON sandr

]

—Related forms

sand·a·ble, adjective

sandless, adjective

sandlike, adjective

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–noun

George

Audio Help [jawrj; Fr. zhawrzh] Pronunciation Key (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant

), 1804–76, French novelist.

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sand.

sandwich.

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n.

1. Small loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.
2. Geology A sedimentary material, finer than a granule and coarser than silt, with grains between 0.06 and 2.0 millimeters in diameter.
3. The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.
4. sands Moments of allotted time or duration: "The sands are numb'red that makes up my life" (Shakespeare).
A tract of land covered with sand, as a beach or desert. Often used in the plural.
1. The loose, granular, gritty particles in an hourglass.
2. sands Moments of allotted time or duration: "The sands are numb'red that makes up my life" (Shakespeare).
Slang Courage; stamina; perseverance: "She had more sand in her than any girl I ever see; in my opinion she was just full of sand" (Mark Twain).
A light grayish brown to yellowish gray.

tr.v. sand·ed, sand·ing, sands

To sprinkle or cover with or as if with sand.
To polish or scrape with sand or sandpaper.
To mix with sand.
To fill up (a harbor) with sand.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

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French writer whose novels, plays, and essays concern the freedom and independence of women. Among her works are the novels Lélia (1833) and Consuelo (1842).

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O.E. sand, from P.Gmc. *sanda- (cf. O.N. sandr, O.Fris. sond, M.Du. sant, Ger. Sand, not recorded in Goth.), from PIE base *samatha- (cf. Gk. psammos "sand," L. sabulum). Metaphoric for "innumerability" since O.E. The verb is first attested c.1374, "to sprinkle with sand," from the noun; meaning "to grind or polish with sand" is from 1858. Sandpaper is attested from 1812; sandstone is from 1668.

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sand
noun
1.	a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
2.	French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
3.	fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone]
verb
1.	rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface" [syn: sandpaper]

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sand

see build on sand; hide one's head in the sand.

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sand1 [sӕnd] noun

a large amount of tiny particles of crushed rocks, shells etc, found on beaches etc

Arabic:	رَمْل، حُطام
Chinese (Simplified):	沙子
Chinese (Traditional):	沙子
Czech:	písek
Danish:	sand
Dutch:	zand
Estonian:	liiv
Finnish:	hiekka
French:	sable
German:	der Sand
Greek:	άμμος
Hungarian:	homok
Icelandic:	sandur
Indonesian:	pasir
Italian:	sabbia

Japanese:	砂
Korean:	모래
Latvian:	smiltis
Lithuanian:	smėlis
Norwegian:	sand
Polish:	piasek
Portuguese (Brazil):	areia
Portuguese (Portugal):	areia
Romanian:	nisip
Russian:	песок
Slovak:	piesok
Slovenian:	prod
Spanish:	arena
Swedish:	sand
Turkish:	kum

sand2 [sӕnd] noun

an area of sand, especially on a beach
Example: We lay on the sand.

Arabic:	رَمْل الشّاطئ
Chinese (Simplified):	沙滩
Chinese (Traditional):	沙灘
Czech:	pláž
Danish:	sand
Dutch:	zand
Estonian:	(ranna)liiv
Finnish:	hiekka
French:	plage
German:	der Sand
Greek:	αμμουδιά
Hungarian:	föveny, homok(os part)
Icelandic:	sandur
Indonesian:	pantai berpasir
Italian:	spiaggia

Japanese:	砂浜
Korean:	모래 사장
Latvian:	smiltis; pludmale
Lithuanian:	smėlis
Norwegian:	sand
Polish:	piasek
Portuguese (Brazil):	areia
Portuguese (Portugal):	areia
Romanian:	plajă
Russian:	песчаный пляж
Slovak:	pláž
Slovenian:	pesek
Spanish:	playa arenosa
Swedish:	sand
Turkish:	kumsal, kumluk

sand [sӕnd] verb

to smooth with eg sand-paper
Example: The floor should be sanded before you varnish it.

Arabic:	يُزَجِّج
Chinese (Simplified):	用沙纸擦
Chinese (Traditional):	用沙紙擦
Czech:	obrousit
Danish:	slibe
Dutch:	schuren
Estonian:	liivapaberiga hõõruma
Finnish:	hioa
French:	sabler
German:	schmirgeln
Greek:	λειαίνω, περνώ με γυαλόχαρτο
Hungarian:	smirgliz, (le)csiszol
Icelandic:	pússa með sandpappír
Indonesian:	mengampelas
Italian:	sabbiare

Japanese:	みがく
Korean:	…을 사포로 닦다
Latvian:	slīpēt, tīrīt ar smiltīm, smilšpapīru
Lithuanian:	šlifuoti, šveisti
Norwegian:	slipe med sandpapir
Polish:	wyszlifować
Portuguese (Brazil):	lixar, arear
Portuguese (Portugal):	lixar
Romanian:	a netezi; a şlefui
Russian:	шлифовать
Slovak:	obrúsiť
Slovenian:	obrusiti
Spanish:	lijar
Swedish:	sandpappra, slipa med sandpapper
Turkish:	kum serpmek, kum doldurmak

See also: sandy, sand-storm, sandbank, sandcastle, sandpaper, sandshoes, sandstone

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A sedimentary material consisting of small, often rounded grains or particles of disintegrated rock, smaller than granules and larger than silt. The diameter of the particles ranges from 0.0625 to 2 mm. Although sand often consists of quartz, it can consist of any other mineral or rock fragment as well. Coral sand, for example, consists of limestone fragments.

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Sand City, CA (city, FIPS 65112) Location: 36.64863 N, 121.84471 W
Population (1990): 192 (86 housing units)
Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 16.3 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 93955

Sand Springs, OK (city, FIPS 65300) Location: 36.13952 N, 96.13004 W
Population (1990): 15346 (6289 housing units)
Area: 47.4 sq km (land), 5.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 74063

Sand Springs, MT Zip code(s): 59077

Sand Ridge, WV Zip code(s): 25274

Sand Point, AK (city, FIPS 67020) Location: 55.31946 N, 160.49118 W
Population (1990): 878 (272 housing units)
Area: 20.0 sq km (land), 1.8 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99661

Sand Lake, NY Zip code(s): 12153

Sand Lake, MI (village, FIPS 71360) Location: 43.29086 N, 85.51821 W
Population (1990): 456 (187 housing units)
Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49343

Sand Lake, FL Zip code(s): 32819

Sand Creek, WI Zip code(s): 54765

Sand Creek, MI Zip code(s): 49279

Sand Coulee, MT Zip code(s): 59472

Sand Hill, PA (CDP, FIPS 67744) Location: 40.36086 N, 76.42149 W
Population (1990): 2307 (833 housing units)
Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sand Fork, WV (town, FIPS 71620) Location: 38.91524 N, 80.74876 W
Population (1990): 196 (89 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Sand Ridge, NY (CDP, FIPS 65024) Location: 43.25590 N, 76.23045 W
Population (1990): 1312 (496 housing units)
Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Sand Rock, AL (town, FIPS 67920) Location: 34.23213 N, 85.77063 W
Population (1990): 438 (167 housing units)
Area: 9.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

West Sand Lake, NY (CDP, FIPS 80863) Location: 42.63870 N, 73.60658 W
Population (1990): 2251 (838 housing units)
Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 12196

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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Mold"ing\, Moulding \Mould"ing\, p.a. Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.

Molding, or Moulding, board. (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped.

Molding, or Moulding, machine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. ( b ) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings.

Molding, or Moulding, mill, a mill for shaping timber.

Molding, or Moulding, sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

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Ro*sette\, n. [F., dim. of rose a rose. Cf. Roset.]

1. An imitation of a rose by means of ribbon or other material, -- used as an ornament or a badge.

2. (Arch.) An ornament in the form of a rose or roundel, -much used in decoration.

3. A red color. See Roset.

4. A rose burner. See under Rose.

5. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any structure having a flowerlike form; especially, the group of five broad ambulacra on the upper side of the spatangoid and clypeastroid sea urchins. See Illust. of Spicule, and Sand dollar, under Sand. (b) A flowerlike color marking; as, the rosettes on the leopard.

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