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sand

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

sand

1. n. 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.

2. n. (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.

The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.

3. n. (dated, circa 1920) Personal courage.

4. n. (geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

5. n. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

(color panel, DBC7AB)

6. n. (obsolete) A single grain of sand.

7. n. (figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

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

9. v. To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.

10. v. To cover with sand.

11. v. (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.

12. n. (colloquial) A sandpiper.

Svenska > Engelsk

sand

1. n-c. sand (finely ground rock)

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Exempelmeningar

I don't like the sand.
Think of the sand castles you made as a child.
I covered them with a pyramid of sand.
Amid this blood orange storm of sand and bombs a new sound creeps out.
The government lead, which had already been faltering, ran into the sand.

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