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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024strand1 /strænd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to drive or run onto a shore;
run aground:The boat was stranded in the mud. - to leave in a helpless position:tourists stranded in the middle of nowhere.
n. [countable] - the land bordering a body of water;
shore;
beach:the sea strand.
strand2 /strænd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a part of a rope, or a single piece or fiber of cord, string, etc., that is wound, twisted, or plaited together to form a rope.
- an element in a larger structure:You have to work hard to put together the strands of the plot.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024strand1 (strand),USA pronunciation v.t. - to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore:The receding tide stranded the whale.
- (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position:He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
v.i. - to be driven or left ashore;
run aground. - to be halted or struck by a difficult situation:He stranded in the middle of his speech.
n. - the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river;
shore;
beach.
- bef. 1000; Middle English (noun, nominal), Old English; cognate with Dutch strand, German Strand, Old Norse strǫnd; akin to strew
- one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like.
- a similar part of a wire rope.
- a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers.
- a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue.
- a thread or threadlike part of anything:the strands of a plot.
- a tress of hair.
- a string of pearls, beads, etc.
v.t. - to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- to break one or more strands of (a rope).
- origin, originally uncertain 1490–1500
- Biographical Mark, born 1934, U.S. poet, born in Canada: U.S. poet laureate 1990–91.
- Biographical Paul, 1890–1976, U.S. photographer and documentary-film producer.
- Place Names the, a street parallel to the Thames, in W central London, England: famous for hotels and theaters.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: strand /strænd/ vb - to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore
- (tr; usually passive) to leave helpless, as without transport or money, etc
n chiefly poetic - a shore or beach
Etymology: Old English; related to Old Norse strönd side, Middle High German strant beach, Latin sternere to spread strand /strænd/ n - a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc
- a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc
- a string of pearls or beads
- a constituent element in a complex whole
vb - (transitive) to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together
Etymology: 15th Century: of uncertain origin Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Strand /strænd/ n - the Strand ⇒ a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
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