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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sand

A surname.

A village in Seale and Sands parish, Guildford borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU8846).

(uncountable) Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction.

Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

(transitive) To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. / (transitive) To cover with sand. / (transitive, historical) To blot ink using sand.

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

A municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway / A municipality of Vestfold, Norway

A women's society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and the Ivory Coast, which initiates girls into adulthood through rituals including female genital mutilation.