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sandy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsændi/
  • (US) audio
  • săn'di

Etymology

From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

Meanings

  1. Covered with sand.
  2. Sprinkled with sand.
  3. Containing sand.
    • Some plants grow best in sandy soil.
  4. Like sand, especially in texture.
    • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  5. Having the colour of sand.

Forms

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sandier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
sandiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

sandy blight · Sandy Lane · Sandy Bay · sandy laverock · sandy carpet · Sandy Point · sandy pot · sandyish · sandy blind mole-rat · Sandy Cay · sandily · Great Sandy Desert · Sandy Hollow · sandiness · Sandy Hill · pecan sandy · Sandy Gully · sandy soil · Sandy Flat · Sandy Hook · sandy blind mole rat · Sandy Crossing

Translations (81)

izh liivaperäin (covered with sand) · io sabloza (covered with sand) · lv smilšains (covered with sand) · uk піща́ний (sand-coloured) · ga fionnrua (sand-coloured) · izh liivakas (covered with sand) · ru песо́чный (covered with sand) · mk песочен (covered with sand) · yi זאַמדיק (covered with sand) · nb sandholdig (containing sand) · alt кумакту (covered with sand) · ro nisipos (like sand) · de sandfarben (sand-coloured) · uk піща́ний (covered with sand) · gu રેતાળ (like sand) · lt smėlėtas (covered with sand) · no sandfarget (sand-coloured) · bg пя́съчен (like sand) · fi hiekkainen (covered with sand) · ca sorrenc (covered with sand) · hu homokos (covered with sand) · ru песча́ный (like sand) · be пясча́ны (covered with sand) · ru песо́чный (sand-coloured) · da sandfarvet (sand-coloured) · la harēnōsus (like sand) · az qumlu (covered with sand) · nl zandkleurig (sand-coloured) · ru песо́чный (containing sand) · nog кумлы (covered with sand) · pt areado (covered with sand) · el αμμώδης (like sand) · pt arenoso (sand-coloured) · pt arenado (covered with sand) · ca sorrenc (like sand) · rup arinos (covered with sand) · br traezhek (covered with sand) · ca vermellós (sand-coloured) · el αμμοειδής (like sand) · tr kumlu (covered with sand) · ro nisipiu (sand-coloured) · az qumsal (containing sand) · de sandig (covered with sand) · el αμμώδης (covered with sand) · be пясо́чны (covered with sand) · tr kumlu (containing sand) · io sablea (sand-coloured) · bg песъчли́в (covered with sand) · ro nisipos (covered with sand) · nl zanderig (covered with sand) · ro arinos (covered with sand) · lv smilšains (like sand) · hi बलुआ (containing sand) · gu રેતાળ (covered with sand) · sv sandig (covered with sand) · eu hareatsua (covered with sand) · pl piaszczysty (covered with sand) · fi hiekanvärinen (sand-coloured) · izh liivain (covered with sand) · da sandet (covered with sand) · pt areoso (like sand) · uk піща́ний (like sand) · fi hiekkamainen (like sand) · ru песо́чный (like sand) · is sendinn (covered with sand) · es arenoso (covered with sand) · gl areoso (like sand) · ro arinos (like sand) · la harēnōsus (covered with sand) · bg песъчли́в (containing sand) · sv sandfärgad (sand-coloured) · gl areoso (covered with sand) · tr kumsu (like sand) · lt smėlio spalvos (sand-coloured) · eo sabla (covered with sand) · grc ἀμμώδης (covered with sand) · ga gainmheach (containing sand) · io sabloza (like sand) · ru песча́ный (containing sand) · es arenoso (like sand) · ru песча́ный (covered with sand)

sandy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsændi/
  • (US) audio
  • săn'di

Etymology

From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

Meanings

  1. (informal) A sandwich
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of pecan sandy.

Forms

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sandies Number=Plur lexicographic