sand

IPA: sˈænd

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.
(countable) A specific grade, type, or composition of sand.
(countable, often in the plural) A beach or other mass of sand.
(uncountable, dated) Personal courage.
(uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.
(countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
(countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).
Dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, perhaps left from sleep (sleepy sand).
(uncountable, figurative) "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom):
An excuse for tears.
(colloquial) A sandpiper.

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it.
(transitive) To cover with sand.
(transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.

Examples of "sand" in Sentences

The floor prickles with sand.
The medium of the filter is sand.
Along the seacoast are coral reef and sand beaches.
The beach is very narrow and the sand is very coarse.
The area of Chilika lake has a rock, sand and mud substratum.
The beaches in Oxnard are large and the sand is exceptionally soft.
The Pinacate Desert is home to the largest sand dunes of the Americas.
The fine sands in the beach shine in the sun due its metallic contents.
This northern beach of magnificent tan sand is most agreeably reached by boat.
A foraminous sifter separates debris and permits sand to fall back to the beach.