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sand

[sænd] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. песок; гравий
2. песчинка
3. обычно sands песчаный пляж; отмель
4. (sands) пески, пустыня
5. (sands) песчаные почвы, песчаники
6. песок в песочных часах
7. (sands) (отмеренное человеку) время жизни
8. амер.; разг. мужество, стойкость; выдержка; выносливость
9. песочный цвет
10. мед. песок (патологические отложения в полостях некоторых органов)
гл.
1. 1. посыпать песком; зарывать в песок
  2. = sand up заносить песком (устье реки, ручья)
  3. = sand up забиваться песком
2. = sand down
  1. чистить или шлифовать песком
  2. тех. зачищать, шлифовать шкуркой, наждачной бумагой
3. 1. посадить судно на мель
  2. уст. поставить в трудное положение (кого-л.)

Biology (En-Ru)

sand

песок
песчаная почва
pl пески, пустыня

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From a distance, that mound of light-colored sand had seemed discolored with streaks of red, and as he moved closer, young Hralien realized that the streaks weren’t discolored sand, but were actually moving upon the surface of the mound.
Светло-желтый холмик издали казался раскрашенным красноватыми полосами, и, только подойдя ближе, юный Хралайн понял, что полосы не были песком другого цвета, они Двигались по склонам песчаной кучи.
Salvatore, Robert / The Orc KingСальваторе, Роберт / Король орков
Король орков
Сальваторе, Роберт
© 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
© И. Савельева, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
The Orc King
Salvatore, Robert
© 2008 Wizards of the Coast, Inc.

Until we reached the place where it ran into the overgrowth that covered most of the Key, it was also ridged with bone-colored sand dunes that had blown inland from the beach.
И пока не нырнула в густые джунгли, занимавшие большую часть острова, её то и дело перегораживали дюны из песка цвета кости, который ветром нанесло с берега.
King, Stephen / Duma KeyКинг, Стивен / Дьюма-Ки
Дьюма-Ки
Кинг, Стивен
© Перевод В.А. Вебер, 2008
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
© Stephen King, 2008
Duma Key
King, Stephen
© 2008 by Stephen King

Still apprehensive, the old man perched himself on a nearby sand bucket and prepared to watch.
Все еще полный дурных предчувствий, старик устроился на ближайшем ведре с песком и приготовился смотреть.
Duncan, Dave / Coming of WisdomДункан, Дэйв / Обретение мудрости
Обретение мудрости
Дункан, Дэйв
Coming of Wisdom
Duncan, Dave
© 1988 by D. J. Duncan

However, sheltered sand and mud shores with high biological productivity provide oil pathways in the form of animal burrows and plant stems and roots.
Однако укрытые песчаные или илистые берега с высокой биопродуктивностью предоставляют пути проникновения нефти в форме нор животных и корневых систем растений.
©2011 IPIECA
http://www.ipieca.org/library/ 12/27/2011
©2011 IPIECA
http://www.ipieca.org/library/ 12/27/2011

Beyond was a short stretch of sand and then the edge of the water.
Под скалой, уже у самой воды, снова был маленький пляж.
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding

His hair was long and hung down about his face. His beard was tangled and was full of sand.
Длинные волосы свисали до плеч, спутанная борода была полна песка.
Simak, Clifford D. / Why Call Them Back from HeavenСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Зачем их звать обратно с небес?
Зачем их звать обратно с небес?
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© Перевод. А. Левкин, 2005
© 1967 by Clifford D. Simak
Why Call Them Back from Heaven
Simak, Clifford D.
©, 1967, by Clifford D. Simak

The grey sand turned yellow and twinkled as if it was strewn with diamonds.
Песок мгновенно пожелтел и засверкал, словно усыпанный алмазами.
Lewis, Clive S. / The Horse and His BoyЛьюис, Клайв С. / Конь и его мальчик
Конь и его мальчик
Льюис, Клайв С.
© Перевод Н. Трауберг, 2010
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Horse and His Boy
Lewis, Clive S.
© 1954 by C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
© renewed 1982 by C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.

Today's challenges focus on mitigation sand erosion, handling the increasing GLR's and mitigating the effects of increasing water cuts on pump performance.
Сегодня усилия сосредоточены на снижении эрозии под действием песка, обеспечении откачки с увеличенным соотношением газ-жидкость и на снижении влияния повышенного водосодержания на рабочие характеристики насоса.
© 2009/2011
http://www.rogtecmagazine.com/ 19.10.2011

Jack leapt on to the sand.
Джек спрыгнул на песок.
Golding, William / Lord of the fliesГолдинг, Уильям / Повелитель мух
Повелитель мух
Голдинг, Уильям
© Е. Суриц, перевод, 1981
© "Азбука-классика", 2005
Lord of the flies
Golding, William
© 1954 by William Golding

In the Straits of Magellan, mousse masses with sand, gravel and stones ('moussecrete') hardened into asphalt pavements, exceptionally up to 400 m wide.
В проливе Магеллана массы пены, перемешавшись с песком, гравием и камнями ("пенобетон"), затвердев, превратились в асфальтовые покрытия, в отдельных случаях до 400 метров шириной.
© Copyright 2012 IPIECA
http://www.ipieca.org/library/ 12/27/2011
© Copyright 2012 IPIECA
http://www.ipieca.org/library/ 12/27/2011

Soil forming elements are clay and sand alluvial deposits.
Почвообразующие элементы представлены глинистыми и песчаными аллювиальными отложениями.
© «Сахалин Энерджи» 2006
www.sakhalinenergy.com 11.10.2011
© Sakhalin Energy 2006
www.sakhalinenergy.com 11.10.2011

Some twenty whale-boats were nuzzling a sand-bank which was dotted with English soldiery of half a dozen corps, bathing or washing their clothes.
Около двадцати вельботов стояло у песчаной отмели, пестревшей английскими солдатами численностью в полкорпуса, купавшимися или стиравшими свое белье.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets

The sun turned to blood, and I thought I could see the haze of radiation crawling over every sand-scoured surface.
Солнце приобрело кровавый оттенок, и мне показалось, что над песком и развалинами витает дымка радиации.
Saintcrow, Lilith / To Hell and BackСэйнткроу, Лилит / Дорога в ад
Дорога в ад
Сэйнткроу, Лилит
© 2008 by Lilith Saintcrow
© Волковский В. Перевод на русский язык, 2011
© Издание на руском языке, ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2011
To Hell and Back
Saintcrow, Lilith
© 2008 by Lilith Saintcrow

The wind caught it and scudded it along the sand for a few feet.
Ветер подхватил их и протащил несколько шагов по песку.
Simak, Clifford D. / The Fellowship of the TalismanСаймак, Клиффорд Д. / Братство Талисмана
Братство Талисмана
Саймак, Клиффорд Д.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak
© Перевод. К. Королев, 2005
The Fellowship of the Talisman
Simak, Clifford D.
© 1978 by Clifford D. Simak

The drill came up first with topsoil and then with gravel and then with white sea sand full of shells and even pieces of whalebone.
Бур прошел сквозь чернозем, сквозь гравий, а потом начался белый морской песок, в котором было множество ракушек и попадались даже кусочки китового уса.
Steinbeck, John / East Of EdenСтейнбек, Джон / На восток от Эдема
На восток от Эдема
Стейнбек, Джон
© Издательство "Правда", 1989
East Of Eden
Steinbeck, John
© John Steinbeck, 1952
© renewed Elaine Steinbeck, Thom Steinbeck, and John Steinbeck IV, 1980

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sændNounпесок; гравийExamples

a grain of sand — песчинка
coarse sand — крупный, грубый песок
fine sand — мелкий песок
to scatter / spread / sprinkle / strew sand — насыпать песок, посыпать песком

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Песок.
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песок
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Collocations

agglutinant sand

формовочная смесь

air-sand blower

пескодувка

air-sand blower

пескоструйный аппарат

air-sand process

обогащение в воздушно-песчаной среде

asphaltic sand

асфальтовый песок

bank sand

речной песок

barren sand

напродуктивный песок

beach sand

морской песок

bind the loose sand

закреплять пески

bitumen-bound sand

смесь битума с песком

black sand

магнетитовый песок

blast-furnace sand

шлаковый песок

blended molding sand

синтетическая формовочная смесь

brain sand

мозговой песок

brain sand

псаммозные тельца

Word forms

sand

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	sand	sands
Possessive case	sand's	sands'

sand

verb

Basic forms
Past	sanded
Imperative	sand
Present Participle (Participle I)	sanding
Past Participle (Participle II)	sanded

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I sand	we sand
you sand	you sand
he/she/it sands	they sand

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sanding	we are sanding
you are sanding	you are sanding
he/she/it is sanding	they are sanding

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sanded	we have sanded
you have sanded	you have sanded
he/she/it has sanded	they have sanded

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sanding	we have been sanding
you have been sanding	you have been sanding
he/she/it has been sanding	they have been sanding

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sanded	we sanded
you sanded	you sanded
he/she/it sanded	they sanded

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sanding	we were sanding
you were sanding	you were sanding
he/she/it was sanding	they were sanding

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sanded	we had sanded
you had sanded	you had sanded
he/she/it had sanded	they had sanded

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sanding	we had been sanding
you had been sanding	you had been sanding
he/she/it had been sanding	they had been sanding

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will sand	we shall/will sand
you will sand	you will sand
he/she/it will sand	they will sand

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sanding	we shall/will be sanding
you will be sanding	you will be sanding
he/she/it will be sanding	they will be sanding

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sanded	we shall/will have sanded
you will have sanded	you will have sanded
he/she/it will have sanded	they will have sanded

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sanding	we shall/will have been sanding
you will have been sanding	you will have been sanding
he/she/it will have been sanding	they will have been sanding

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would sand	we should/would sand
you would sand	you would sand
he/she/it would sand	they would sand

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sanding	we should/would be sanding
you would be sanding	you would be sanding
he/she/it would be sanding	they would be sanding

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sanded	we should/would have sanded
you would have sanded	you would have sanded
he/she/it would have sanded	they would have sanded

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sanding	we should/would have been sanding
you would have been sanding	you would have been sanding
he/she/it would have been sanding	they would have been sanding

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sanded	we are sanded
you are sanded	you are sanded
he/she/it is sanded	they are sanded

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sanded	we are being sanded
you are being sanded	you are being sanded
he/she/it is being sanded	they are being sanded

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sanded	we have been sanded
you have been sanded	you have been sanded
he/she/it has been sanded	they have been sanded

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sanded	we were sanded
you were sanded	you were sanded
he/she/it was sanded	they were sanded

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sanded	we were being sanded
you were being sanded	you were being sanded
he/she/it was being sanded	they were being sanded

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sanded	we had been sanded
you had been sanded	you had been sanded
he/she/it had been sanded	they had been sanded

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sanded	we shall/will be sanded
you will be sanded	you will be sanded
he/she/it will be sanded	they will be sanded

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sanded	we shall/will have been sanded
you will have been sanded	you will have been sanded
he/she/it will have been sanded	they will have been sanded

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