Quicksand
31Quicksand, der — Der Quicksand, des es, plur. inus. Sand, welcher unter den Füßen ausweicht, besonders im Niedersächsischen, lebendiger Sand; Triebsand, S. dieses Wort …
32quicksand — Synonyms and related words: baygall, bind, bog, bottom, bottomland, bottoms, breakers ahead, buffalo wallow, cardhouse, cause for alarm, clutch, complication, coral heads, crisis, crunch, danger, dangerous ground, embarrassing position,… …
33QUICKSAND — sandbank so saturated with water that it gives way under pressure; found near the mouths of rivers …
34quicksand — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. quagmire, mire, morass, bog, slough. See moisture. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. snare, trap, quagmire; see swamp …
35quicksand — quick|sand [ˈkwıksænd] n [U and C] 1.) wet sand that is dangerous because you sink down into it if you try to walk on it 2.) a bad situation that keeps getting worse, and that you cannot escape from …
36quicksand — quick|sand [ kwık,sænd ] noun uncount soft wet sand that is dangerous to walk on because it pulls your body down into it …
37quicksand — n. soft sand that is saturated with water, bed of moist sand that sucks in and envelops objects that rest on its surface …
38quicksand — noun (also quicksands) loose wet sand that sucks in anything resting on it …
39quicksand — n. Syrtis …
40quicksand — also quicksands plural noun (C, U) plural n (C, U) wet sand that is dangerous because it pulls you down into it if you try to walk on it …