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sand
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Sand
3. [2] Plural: Sandstrand
[1] It took us more than five hours to get the sand shifted from one end of the garden to the other.
Es hat uns mehr als fünf Stunden gekostet den Sand von einem Ende des Gartens in das andere zu schaffen.
[2] The two dogs ran up and down the sands the whole time.
Die beiden Hunde sind den ganzen Tag den Strand rauf und runter gerand.
Englisch > Englisch
sand
1. subst. 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. subst. (often in the plural) A beach or other expanse of sand.
The Canadian tar sands are a promising source of oil.
3. subst. (dated, circa 1920) Personal courage.
4. subst. (geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
5. subst. A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
(color panel, DBC7AB)
6. subst. (obsolete) A single grain of sand.
7. subst. (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. subst. (colloquial) A sandpiper.
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Sand
1. subst. sand (particles of rock)

Beispielsätze

I got some sand in my eye.      Ich habe Sand in die Augen bekommen. As far as I could see, I saw nothing but sand.      So weit ich blicken konnte, sah ich nichts außer Sand. The sand was so hot that it burned our feet.      Der Sand war so heiß, dass wir uns die Füße verbrannt haben. The tide normally leaves the beach walkers only a narrow strip of sand they can walk on without getting their feet wet.      Die Flut lässt den Strandspaziergängern normalerweise nur einen schmalen Streifen Sand, auf welchem sie gehen können, ohne sich nasse Füße zu holen. The bottle was filled with what looked like sand.      Die Flasche war mit etwas gefüllt, das aussah wie Sand.

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