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The Meaning of sand
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) A single particle of such stone.
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(n.) The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
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(n.) 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.
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(n.) Courage; pluck; grit.
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(v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with sand.
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(v. t.) To drive upon the sand.
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(v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
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(v. t.) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.
Rhymes
ampersand
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armband
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backhand
,
band
,
bandstand
,
banned
,
beforehand
,
bland
,
bourland
,
brand
,
brande
,
broadband
,
canned
,
chand
,
command
,
contraband
,
cropland
,
deland
,
demand
,
disband
,
dixieland
,
dreamland
,
expand
,
fairyland
,
fanned
,
farmhand
,
farmland
,
fatherland
,
ferdinand
,
fernand
,
finland
,
firebrand
,
firsthand
,
forehand
,
freehand
,
gland
,
goodland
,
grand
,
grande
,
grandstand
,
grassland
,
greenland
,
hand
,
handstand
,
headband
,
heartland
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hildebrand
,
hinterland
,
homeland
,
inland
,
laband
,
land
,
lande
,
lapland
,
lefthand
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longhand
,
lowland
,
mainland
,
mande
,
manned
,
marchand
,
marshland
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meadowland
,
midland
,
misunderstand
,
moorland
,
motherland
,
newsstand
,
nightstand
,
northland
,
nuland
,
offhand
,
outmanned
,
overland
,
panned
,
parkland
,
planned
,
queensland
,
quicksand
,
rand
,
remand
,
reprimand
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rhineland
,
samarkand
,
secondhand
,
shadowland
,
shand
,
shorthand
,
somaliland
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southland
,
spanned
,
stagehand
,
stand
,
strand
,
strande
,
streisand
,
tanned
,
thailand
,
timberland
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undermanned
,
understand
,
unmanned
,
unplanned
,
vande
,
wasteland
,
wetland
,
withstand
,
wonderland
,
woodland