Meaning

noun a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

verb rub with sandpaper

noun fortitude and determination

originInherited from Middle English sond, sand, from Old English sand, from Proto-West Germanic *samd, from Proto-Germanic *samdaz. See also North Frisian sun, Sön, sönj (“sand”), Saterland Frisian Sound (“sand”), West Frisian sân (“sand”), Dutch…

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