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Webster 1913 Edition
Quicksand
Quick′sandˊ
,Noun.
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 extricating a person who begins sinking into it.
Life hath
quicksands
, – Life hath snares! Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quicksand
QUICK'SAND
,Noun.
1.
Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure, loose sand abounding with water.2.
Unsolid ground.Definition 2024
quicksand
quicksand
English
Noun
quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands)
- Wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts
- My feet were firmly lodged in the quicksand, and the more I struggled the more I sank into it.
- Anything that pulls one down or buries one metaphorically
- The quicksands of youth...
Translations
wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts
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