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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)

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Beispielsätze

I could feel the sand between my toes.      Ich konnte den Sand zwischen meinen Zehen spüren. We can't bury our heads in the sand.      Wir können den Kopf nicht in den Sand stecken. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.      Stein ist schwer und Sand ist Last, aber des Narren Zorn ist schwerer denn die beiden. Don't bury your head in the sand.      Stecke nicht den Kopf in den Sand! As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but sand.      Soweit das Auge reichte gab es nichts als Sand.

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