Audio Help [sand] Pronunciation Key | 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). |
| 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. |
| 12. | draw a line in the sand, to set a limit; allow to go up to a point but no further. |
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Audio Help [sand; Fr. sahnd] Pronunciation Key George
Audio Help [jawrj; Fr. zhawrzh] Pronunciation Key (Lucile Aurore Dupin Dudevant ), 1804–76, French novelist. |
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n.
tr.v. sand·ed, sand·ing, sands
[Middle English, from Old English.] |
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(click for larger image in new window) 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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| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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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] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
sand
see build on sand; hide one's head in the sand.
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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