Sand
Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
A single particle of such stone.
The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
Courage; pluck; grit.
To sprinkle or cover with sand.
To drive upon the sand.
To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
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Sand Quotations
It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
Muhammad Ali
To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.
William Blake
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
Niccolo Machiavelli
If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.
Napoleon Hill
Even Castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually.
Jimi Hendrix
When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.
Steven Wright
On vacations: We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings.
Erma Bombeck
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
Milton Friedman
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
George Eliot
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.
William Blake
Sand Translations
sand in Afrikaans is sand
sand in Danish is sand
sand in Dutch is zand
sand in Finnish is hiekka
sand in French is sableuxse, sable
sand in German is Sand
sand in Hungarian is homok
sand in Italian is sabbia
sand in Norwegian is sand
sand in Portuguese is areia
sand in Swedish is sand
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