A rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but not as fine as silt, forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction, it can also refer to a specific grade, type, or composition of sand, or a beach or other mass of sand.

(uncountable, dated) Personal courage.

(uncountable, geology) A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.

A light beige colour, like that of typical sand.

(countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.

(countable, figurative) A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass).

A noun "sand" represents dried mucus in the eye's inner corner, an excuse for tears, and is also used figuratively in the idiom "sand in [someone's] eyes".

(colloquial) A sandpiper.

(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.

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