sands is a form of:
Sand
noun
- 1.
- (UNCOUNTABLE) (small, loose grains or rock debris; tract composed principally of sand; expanse of sand, sandbank. -sands moments of time or of one's life, dull radishyellow color) ដីខ្សាច
verb — past tense: sanded ; past participle: sanded ; present participle: sanding ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ something (down) (to smooth with sandpaper or sand, to sprinkle with sand, to fill up with sand, to add sand to) sand a table ខាត់នឹងក្រដាសខាត់ sand a spot of oil ដាក់រោយបាចដីខ្សាច់ (ទៅលើ)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- 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.
- 2.
- A single particle of such stone.
- 3.
- The sand in the hourglass; hence, a moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life.
- 4.
- 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.
- 5.
- Courage; pluck; grit.
verb — past tense: sanded ; past participle: sanded ; present participle: sanding ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To sprinkle or cover with sand.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To drive upon the sand.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To mix with sand for purposes of fraud; as, to sand sugar.