Definition of "sands" in Englisch

noun

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) an expanse of sand, as in a desert or on a sandy seashore.

   • We were lost in the sands of Arabia.

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sand