"quicksand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quicksands [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English quyksande, from Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), equivalent to quick (“living”) + sand. Cognate with Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), Icelandic kviksandur, kviksyndi (“quicksand”). More at quick, sand. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quyksande}} Middle English quyksande, {{inh|en|ang|cwecesand|t=quicksand}} Old English cwecesand (“quicksand”), {{compound|en|quick|sand|t1=living}} quick (“living”) + sand, {{cog|sv|kvicksand|t=quicksand}} Swedish kvicksand (“quicksand”), {{cog|is|kviksandur}} Icelandic kviksandur Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quicksand (countable and uncountable, plural quicksands)
  1. Wet sand that appears firm but in which things readily sink, often found near rivers or coasts. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (type of sand): رِمَال مُتَحَرِّكَة (rimāl mutaḥarrika) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), চোরাবালি (cōrabali) (Bengali), подвижен пясък (podvižen pjasǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sorramoll [masculine] (Catalan), sorra movedissa [feminine] (Catalan), 流沙 (liúshā) (Chinese Mandarin), tekutý písek [masculine] (Czech), kviksand (Danish), drijfzand [neuter] (Dutch), movsablo (Esperanto), flusablo (Esperanto), vesiliiv (Estonian), juoksuhiekka (Finnish), sables mouvants [masculine, plural] (French), areas movedizas [feminine] (Galician), ფხვიერი მიწა (pxvieri mic̣a) (Georgian), მცურავი ქვიშა (mcuravi kviša) (Georgian), Treibsand [masculine] (German), κινούμενη άμμος (kinoúmeni ámmos) [feminine] (Greek), futóhomok (Hungarian), föveny (Hungarian), süppedő, mocsaras talaj (Hungarian), gaineamh súraic [masculine] (Irish), gaineamh beo [masculine] (Irish), gaineamh reatha [masculine] (Irish), sabbie mobili [feminine, plural] (Italian), 流砂 (ryūsha) (alt: りゅうしゃ) (Japanese), 유사 (yusa) (alt: 流砂) (Korean), жив песок (živ pesok) [masculine] (Macedonian), ōi (Maori), mouoilliéthe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), kvikksand [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kvikksand [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kviksand [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cwecesand [neuter] (Old English), sandġeweorp [neuter] (Old English), sandrid [neuter] (Old English), باتاق (batak) (Ottoman Turkish), ماسه بادی (mâsse bâdi) (Persian), Sauntloch [neuter] (Plautdietsch), kurzawka [feminine] (Polish), ruchome piaski [nonvirile] (Polish), areia movediça [feminine] (Portuguese), зыбу́чие пески́ (zybúčije peskí) [masculine, plural] (Russian), зыбучий песок (zybučij pesok) (Russian), зыбун (zybun) (Russian), živi pijesak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), arenas movedizas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), kvicksand [common-gender] (Swedish), kuminoy (Tagalog), దొంగయిసుక (doṅgayisuka) (Telugu), ทรายดูด (saai-dùut) (Thai), traeth gwyllt [masculine] (Welsh), traeth byw [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (figuratively) Anything that pulls one down or buries one. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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Synonyms: syrtis, syrt [archaic]

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      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "流沙"
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      "word": "kviksand"
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      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "ფხვიერი მიწა"
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      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "მცურავი ქვიშა"
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      "word": "κινούμενη άμμος"
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      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "流砂"
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      "word": "유사"
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      "word": "sandrid"
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      "roman": "batak",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "باتاق"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâsse bâdi",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "ماسه بادی"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kurzawka"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ruchome piaski"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "areia movediça"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zybúčije peskí",
      "sense": "type of sand",
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      "word": "зыбу́чие пески́"
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      "roman": "zybučij pesok",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "зыбучий песок"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "type of sand",
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      "word": "živi pijesak"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "type of sand",
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        "plural"
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      "sense": "type of sand",
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      "word": "kvicksand"
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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "kuminoy"
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      "code": "te",
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      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "saai-dùut",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "word": "ทรายดูด"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of sand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "traeth gwyllt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of sand",
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