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1. (n.) quicksand
a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to cause an object resting on its surface to sink.
Etymology: (1275–1325)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) quicksand
a treacherous situation that tends to entrap and destroy
2. (noun) quicksand
a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down
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1. (noun) quicksand
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. quicksand
sandbank so saturated with water that it gives way under pressure; found near the mouths of rivers.
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