sand
[noun]
Synonyms: fortitude, backbone, grit, guts, intestinal fortitude, moxie, nerve, spunk

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Related Idioms: true (or clear) grit
Related Words: *balls, chutzpah, gall

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English Thesaurus: sand, beach, desert, dune/sand dun

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Sand, George /sɒnd $ sɑːnd, ʒɔːʒ $ ʒɔːrʒ/
(1804–76) a French female writer of novels, whose real name was Amandine Aurore Dupin. She is known for her long relationship with the composer Chopin, and for wearing men's clothes to show her belief that women should have the same rights as men.

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I. sand¹ S3 W3 /sænd/ noun
[Language: Old English]

1. [uncountable] a substance consisting of very small pieces of rocks and minerals, that forms beaches and deserts:
a mixture of sand and cement
I have sand in my shoe.

2. [uncountable and countable] an area of beach:
miles of golden sands
We were just sitting on the sand.

3. the sands of time literary moments of time that pass quickly

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II. sand² (also sand down) verb [intransitive and transitive]
to make a surface smooth by rubbing it with sandpaper or using a special piece of equipment

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sand
noun
ADJ. fine a beach of fine golden sand
coarse | soft | hard | damp, wet | dry | burning, hot | golden, silver, white, yellow | desert the burning desert sands
QUANT. grain | patch, strip
SAND + NOUN beach, dune | pit (also sandpit) | castle (also sandcastle)
PREP. in the ~ The children played happily in the sand.
on the ~ We found her asleep on the sand.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sand a substance that forms beaches and deserts, or an area of this substance:
sunbathers lying on the sand
He could see several small figures out on the sands.
beach an area of sand or small stones at the edge of the sea or a lake:
the island's golden beaches
How about a day at the beach?
a pebble beach
desert a large area of land where it is always very hot and dry, and there is a lot of sand:
the Sahara desert
They crossed the desert by camel.
dune/sand dune a hill made of sand near the sea or in the desert:
We went for a long walk along the dunes.
The dunes are home to a wide variety of birds and plants.

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sand
sænd
See: hide one's head in the sand

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