sands

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of sand. Use this form for more than one kind or stretch of sand.

   Geologists compared the sands from three different beaches.

   The colored sands of the canyon glowed at sunset.

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2. 2
   nounfiguratively

   A wide, open area covered with sand, like a desert or a beach.

   Like a giant floor of sand that seems to go on forever.

   The sands stretched golden all the way to the horizon.

   Children played on the sands as the tide came in.

   Similardesert, dunes, beach, shore

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3. 3
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of sand. Use it with he, she, or it.

   She sands the wood until it feels smooth.

   He sands the old paint off the door.

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4. 4
   noun

   The grains of sand inside an hourglass.

   Like little grains slipping down one tiny bit at a time.

   The sands trickled slowly through the narrow neck of the glass.

   She watched the sands slip from the top chamber to the bottom.

   Similargrains

5. 5
   nounfiguratively

   A measure of time, like the moments slipping by as sand falls in an hourglass.

   Like sand falling through an hourglass, marking time as it passes.

   The sands of time were slipping away as the deadline neared.

   He felt his sands running short and hurried to finish the book.

   Similardays, time

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