Sands

Pronunciation

Noun

plural

1. Plural of sand
2. sand grains, especially in reference to the contents of an hourglass, from which
3. (figuratively) a unit of time.The sands of a lifetime are rapidly running out.
4. (figuratively) a desertWe were lost in the sands of Arabia.

Derived terms

• sands of time

Verb

1. sands

   (third-person singular of sand)