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Sand
01
a pale brown substance that consists of very small pieces of rock, which is found in deserts, on beaches, etc.
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Plural form
sands
Examples
The children built castles with the soft sand on the beach.
02
fortitude and determination
to sand
01
to rub a surface with sandpaper or another abrasive material to smooth, shape, or remove imperfections
Transitive: to sand a surface
Grammatical Information
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
sand
3rd person singular
sands
Past simple
sanded
Past participle
sanded
Examples
The carpenter sanded the wooden furniture to prepare it for staining.
Lexical Tree
sandlike
sandy
sand
