sand in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
sand in Sindhi سنڌي
sand in Telugu తెలుగు
sand in English
- sand⇄adj. sandlike.
- sand⇄adj. yellowish-red.
- sand⇄expr. build on sand, to have a weak foundation or basis; have little support.
Ex. Their ... material wellbeing is built on sand (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - sand⇄expr. run into the sands, to become bogged down or reach a dead end.
Ex. The short novels of this middle period are much better than most of his longer ones, which are likely to start off invitingly but in the second volume to run into the sands (N - sand⇄expr. sands,
a. a tract or region composed mainly of sand.
Ex. the sands of the desert; ... the principal sands in the estuary of the Thames (Thomas H. Huxley).
b. moments, minutes, or small portions of time (in allusion to the sand i - sand⇄noun 1. tiny grains of worndown or disintegrated rock, mainly siliceous, finer than gravel.
Ex. the sand of the seashore.
2a. the sand in an hourglass.
b. a grain of this.
Ex. (Figurative.) The sands of time are running out for - sand⇄sand, noun, verb, adjective.
- sand⇄v.t. 1. to sprinkle with or as if with sand. People used to sand the kitchen floor; they also sanded letters to dry the ink.
2. to spread sand over.
Ex. The highway department sanded the icy road.
3. to scrape, smooth, polish, or clea