- quicksand
n. a bed of quicksand
* * *['kwɪksænd]a bed of quicksand
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Quicksand — is a colloid hydrogel consisting of fine granular matter (such as sand or silt), clay, and salt water. In the name, as in that of quicksilver (mercury), quick does not mean fast, but alive (cf. the expression the quick and the dead ). Water… … Wikipedia
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Quicksand — Quick sand , n. Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Quicksand — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Post Hardcore Hardcore Punk Gründung 1990 Auflösung 1998 … Deutsch Wikipedia
Quicksand — Quicksand, 1) Sand, dessen Körner eckig sind; 2) so v.w. seiner Sand … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
quicksand — (n.) c.1400, from M.E. quyk living (see QUICK (Cf. quick)) + sond sand (see SAND (Cf. sand) (n.)). Old English had cwecesund, but this might have meant lively strait of water … Etymology dictionary
quicksand — ► NOUN (also quicksands) ▪ loose wet sand that sucks in anything resting on it … English terms dictionary
quicksand — [kwik′sand΄] n. [ME quykkesand: see QUICK & SAND] a deep, semifluid deposit or bed of sand in which an animal, heavy object, etc. may be trapped or engulfed … English World dictionary
Quicksand — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Quicksand signifie sable mouvant en anglais. Sommaire 1 Cinéma et télévision 2 … Wikipédia en Français
quicksand — quicksandy, adj. /kwik sand /, n. a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface. [1275 1325; ME qwykkesand. See QUICK,… … Universalium
quicksand — [[t]kwɪ̱ksænd[/t]] quicksands 1) N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Quicksand is deep, wet sand that you sink into if you try to walk on it. 2) N UNCOUNT, also N in pl You can refer to a situation as quicksand when you want to suggest that it is dangerous… … English dictionary
