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# sand

noun (sand, sands); verb (sand, sands, sanded, sanding)

«sand» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Tiny grains of rock and shell, found on beaches and in deserts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#m1)
2. "Sands" means a large area of sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#m2)
3. As a verb, to rub wood with sandpaper to make it smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, sand is made when rocks and shells are slowly broken by water and wind (weathering); glass is made by melting sand. In safety: hot sand can burn feet; don't throw sand; dig sandcastles but not deep holes that can collapse. Phrases: sandcastle, sandpit, sandbox, sand dune, sandpaper, quicksand.

### Examples

- We built a sandcastle on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x1)
- Sand is made of tiny pieces of rock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x2)
- The desert is full of sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x3)
- Don't throw sand at your friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x4)
- The sand is too hot to walk on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x5)
- Dad sanded the old table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x6)
- Glass is made from sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x7)
- The children played in the sandpit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x8)
- The whole church was completely buried in sand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/#x9)

### Note

Usually uncountable: "some sand", not "a sand". "Sandpit" (British, Australian) = "sandbox" (American). Sand can hold heat and burn feet.

## In Jewish tradition

God promised Abraham and Jacob descendants as many as the sand of the sea.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this promise as the blessing of a people too many to count, which is renewed through the generations.

### Examples

- and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/#x1)
- And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until they left off numbering; for it was without number. (Torah GEN.41.49, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/#x2)
- And Thou saidst: I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.' (Torah GEN.32.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/#x3)
- For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken. (Writings JOB.6.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/#x4)
- A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both. (Writings PRO.27.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/#x5)
- He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas; (Writings PSA.78.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/#x6)

### Note

Usually uncountable: "some sand", not "a sand". "Sandpit" (British, Australian) = "sandbox" (American). Sand can hold heat and burn feet.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sand.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «sand» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sand» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sand.html) on Mova free.