sands in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.sand [Am sænd, Brit sand] N

II.sand [Am sænd, Brit sand] VB trans (make smooth)

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I.sand down VB [Am sænd -, Brit sand -] (v + adv + o, v + o + adv) (make smooth)

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sand-yachting [ˈsandˌjɒtɪŋ] N U

sand castle [Am sænd ˈkæsəl, Brit ˈsan(d)kɑːs(ə)l] N

sands in the PONS Dictionary

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coarse sand
grueso, -a
drift sand, snow
amontonarse
a sand drift
un montón de arena

Translations for sands in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

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sands Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bury one's head in the sand
hacer como el avestruz
grain of sand/salt
grano de arena/sal
his footsteps indented the sand
sus pasos dejaron marcas en la arena
fine/coarse sand
arena fina/gruesa
grains of sand
granos m pl de arena
the sands (beach)
la playa
the sands of time are running out
el tiempo se agota
a sand drift
un montón de arena
to sprinkle sand on the ground
regar el suelo con arena
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Abandoned streets and taxiways are being eroded away by sands, tumbleweeds and time.
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The oil sands deposit are estimated to hold 100 to 250 million barrels of oil.
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The red represents the Red Sea, whilst the gold was chosen to reflect desert sands.
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Right now, we're currently involved in a pilot test in the oil sands.
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Our discussion focused on more than the oil sands issue; we discussed the need for aggressive research and development on renewable energy and conservation technology.
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In the east, loess derivatives and sandy loess dominate whilst, to the west, sands and quicksands are to the fore.
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Coarseness is laterally variable - pebbles in places, sands in others, at same horizons.
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He continued along the south coast but saw nowhere else where a longship could put in, nothing but sands and wasteland and high waves crashing on the shore.
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Soils are predominantly sandy red earths and shallow gravelly sands.
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Many companies employ both conventional strip mining and non-conventional in situ methods to extract the bitumen from the oil sands.
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