Definition of Sand

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. Related Definitions: Also, And, Are, As, Beneath, Bury, But, By, Coherent, Comminuted, Consisting, Courage, Cover, Drifting, Drive, Dust, Ebb, Exposed, Extensive, Extent, Fine, For, Form, Fraud, Grains, Grit, Hence, Hourglass, In, Interval, Land, Life, Like, Loose, Mix, Moment, Mud, Not, Of, One, Or, Particle, Pluck, Reduced, Sand, Siliceous, Single, Sprinkle, Stone, Such, Sugar, Term, The, Tide, Time, To, Upon, Wet, When, Which, With

Sand Quotations If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge. Napoleon Hill It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up. Muhammad Ali 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 The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Niccolo Machiavelli If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman 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 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 I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. Og Mandino

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