sand
part of speech
noun (sand, sands); verb (sand, sands, sanded, sanding)
meaning for a pupil
1) Tiny grains of rock and shell, found on beaches and in deserts. tree →
2) "Sands" means a large area of sand. tree →
3) As a verb, to rub wood with sandpaper to make it smooth. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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
- and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon. (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken. (Writings JOB.6.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- 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 →
- 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 →
- We built a sandcastle on the beach. tree →
- Sand is made of tiny pieces of rock. tree →
- The desert is full of sand. tree →
- Don't throw sand at your friends. tree →
- The sand is too hot to walk on. tree →
- Dad sanded the old table. tree →
- Glass is made from sand. tree →
- The children played in the sandpit. tree →
- The whole church was completely buried in sand. tree →
note
Usually uncountable: "some sand", not "a sand". "Sandpit" (British, Australian) = "sandbox" (American). Sand can hold heat and burn feet.
In the corpora
- and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.
- Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- He caused flesh also to rain upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas;
- A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
- For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore are my words broken.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sand» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.