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quicksand | quicksandlike |

As a noun quicksand

is wet sand that things readily sink in, often found near rivers or coasts.

As an adjective quicksandlike is

resembling or characteristic of quicksand.

quicksand

English

(wikipedia quicksand)

Noun

  • 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...

    quicksandlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of quicksand.
  • * 2004 , Jim Hohnberger, Come to the Quiet (page 85)
    • Even though the beavers had moved on, the silt remained as a deep, inviting, wet, and murky mass of quicksandlike mud.