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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.
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sands, moments of time or of one's life: At this stage of his career the sands are running out.
5.
EXPANDa light reddish- or brownish-yellow color.
verb (used with object)
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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.
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Sands
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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Word Origin & History
sand
O.E. sand, from P.Gmc. *sanda- (cf. O.N. sandr, O.Fris. sond, M.Du. sant, Ger. Sand, not recorded in Gothic), from PIE base *samatha- (cf. Gk. psammos "sand," L. sabulum). Metaphoric for "innumerability" since O.E. The verb is first attested late 14c., "to sprinkle with sand," from the noun; meaning
EXPAND "to grind or polish with sand" is from 1858. Sandpaper is attested from 1812; sandstone is from 1660s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
sand (sānd)
n.
Small, loose grains of worn or disintegrated rock.
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Science Dictionary
sand  (sānd) Pronunciation Key
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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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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