sands

See also: Sands and sänds

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

sands

1. plural of sand
2. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
3. (figuratively) a unit of time.

   The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.

4. (figuratively) an expanse of sand, as in a desert or on a sandy seashore.

   We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 140, about Cruden Bay:

     Most of the old fishermen's cottages have been unobtrusively modernised, the harbour is busy with summer yachts, and the sands are superb.

Derived terms

• sands of time

Translations

sand grains — see sand

figuratively: desert

• Finnish: hiekka (fi)

Verb

sands

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sand

Anagrams

• ssDNA, ssdna

Icelandic

Noun

sands

1. indefinite genitive singular of sandur

Swedish

Noun

sands

1. indefinite genitive singular of sand