meaning of sand
1. 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.
2. A single particle of such stone.
3. The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of ones life.
4. 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.
5. Courage; pluck; grit.
6. To sprinkle or cover with sand.
7. To drive upon the sand.
8. To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
9. To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
10. fortitude and determination; "he didnt have the guts to try
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