guts vs sand

guts

noun
  • One's innermost feelings. 

  • The center of the field. 

  • Courage; determination. 

  • Content, substance. 

  • The entrails or contents of the abdomen. 

  • The essential, core parts. 

  • The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates; the centre. 

verb
  • To show determination or courage (especially in the combination guts out). 

  • To eat greedily. 

sand

noun
  • "sand in [someone's] eyes" (idiom) 

  • A beach or other expanse of sand. 

  • A moment or interval of time; the term or extent of one's life (referring to the sand in an hourglass). 

  • Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in construction. 

  • A sandpiper. 

  • A particle from 62.5 microns to 2 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 

  • A light beige colour, like that of typical sand. 

adj
  • Of a light beige colour, like that of typical sand. 

verb
  • To abrade the surface of (something) with sand or sandpaper in order to smooth or clean it. 

  • To blot ink using sand. 

  • To cover with sand. 

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