sands

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See also: Sands and sänds

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

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) a desert
    We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

sand grains — see sand

Verb[edit]

sands

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sand

Anagrams[edit]

Icelandic[edit]

Noun[edit]

sands

  1. indefinite genitive singular of sandur

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

sands

  1. indefinite genitive singular of sand
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