sand
1. a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral (Freq. 10) • Derivationally related forms: sandy • Hypernyms: soil, dirt • Substance Holonyms: concrete, beach, sandbar, sand bar, spit, tongue, quicksand • Substance Meronyms: silicon, Si, atomic number 14 2. fortitude and determination - he didn't have the guts to try it • Syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, gumption • Derivationally related forms: gutsy (for: guts), gritty (for: grit) • Usage Domain: colloquialism • Hypernyms: fortitude
rub with sandpaper (Freq. 2) - sandpaper the wooden surface • Syn: sandpaper • Derivationally related forms: sander, sandpaper (for: sandpaper) • Hypernyms: smooth, smoothen • Hyponyms: rough-sand • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something
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