SAND Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈsand

Definition of sand

as in beach

often sands plural the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water we went for a moonlight walk on the sands

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verb

as in to rub

to make smooth by friction painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house

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Recent Examples of sand

Noun

Its barren sand and rock moonscape feels for all the world like the land that time forgot. — Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Days of intense waves fueled by Hurricane Marie far away in the Pacific left several sections of the boardwalk destroyed after massive swells swallowed protective sand berms and slammed through the seawall. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

For more than five decades, the brand has grown without sanding down the personality that made its original spaces memorable. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026 Clean and lightly sand the surface, then apply primer and thin, even coats of durable paint. — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sand

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Noun

Kent beach house Sheeran and Seaborn spent $879,000 on a two-bedroom beach house in Kent, England, in July 2022.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
Owners can step out the back door onto a private beach in the backyard and out the front gates to a yacht waiting at a private dock.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of beach

Verb

One juror was rubbing his eyes as Sullivan talked, and another was clasping and unclasping his hands in his lap.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
Danger, Olivo, and Mosco had just eaten by the gazebo and Damaris was rubbing her pup’s head goodnight, about to go into the shack.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of rub

Verb

On Friday, several voters who signed a referendum petition putting the new congressional district map to a statewide vote in November filed suit seeking class-action status for monetary damages against Hoskins.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit, joined by Bonta, the attorneys general of 19 other states and the District of Columbia, and the governor of Pennsylvania, was filed in federal court in New York.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of file

Verb

Italian Wedding Soup Speaking of proposals, this classic soup is polished enough to serve at a wedding, but homey enough for a weeknight.

— Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026
Running a raw, unedited Q&A shows the reality of the technology without a corporate PR team polishing the rough edges or hiding the structural failures.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of polish

Verb

The third round was old-style Gauff, scratchy and inconsistent and grinding her way to victory with her legs, over Cristina Buçsa.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
What is so distressing about the lawsuit that is grinding through the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan is that there seems to be no end in sight.

— Mike Kelly, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of grind

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