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sands

 
Noun sand has 3 senses
  1. sand - a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
    --1 is a kind of
    seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast; soil, dirt; seashore, coast, seacoast, sea-coast; soil, dirt
    --1 is a substance of
     concrete; beach; sandbar, sand bar; spit, tongue; quicksand
    --1 has substances: silicon, Si, atomic number 14
  2. Sand, George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant - French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
    --2 is a kind of writer, author; writer, author
  3. backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
    --3 is a kind of fortitude; fortitude
Verb sand has 1 sense
  1. sandpaper, sand - rub with sandpaper; "sandpaper the wooden surface"
    --1 is one way to smooth, smoothen
    Derived form: noun sander1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
sandpiper sandpit sandra sandra bulock sandril sandrine sandro sandro botticelli sands sandscrit sandshoe sandspur sandstone sandstorm sandwhich sandwhitch sandwich

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