Definition of sand

• n. - Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when wet.
• n. - A single particle of such stone.
• n. - The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
• n. - Tracts of land consisting of sand, like the deserts of Arabia and Africa; also, extensive tracts of sand exposed by the ebb of the tide.
• n. - Courage; pluck; grit.
• v. t. - To sprinkle or cover with sand.
• v. t. - To drive upon the sand.
• v. t. - To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
• v. t. - To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.