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sand
Part of speech: NounDry soil composed of fine particles of crushed or worn rock.
Part of speech: Verb Usage examples "sand":- During his cruise he was run on a sand bank near Guadaloupe by a 74 gun ship which was joined by three other ships of the line. - "Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution", L. Carroll Judson.
- The old chief makes a sand map for Lewis, but says he can't get through, that way- meaning down the Salmon River, west of the Divide. - "The Young Alaskans on the Missouri", Emerson Hough.
- He saw her first, and stopped in motionless astonishment on the edge of the sand. - "The Marriage of William Ashe", Mrs. Humphry Ward.