Sands

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Collective noun 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.2 Noun form 1.3 Verb form

English

Collective noun

sands (uncountable)

1. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass
2. (poetic): the passage of time, usually in the phrase sands of time

   The sands of time are slipping away.

3. (fig.) a desert

   We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

Derived terms

• sands of time

Noun form

sands

1. plural of sand

Verb form

sands

1. Present tense third person singular of to sand