Strand Definition

strănd
stranded, stranding, strands
noun
strands
Land at the edge of a body of water; shore, esp. ocean shore.
Webster's New World
Any one of the threads, fibers, wires, etc. that are twisted together to form a length of string, rope, or cable.
Webster's New World
Any of the individual bundles of thread or fiber so twisted together.
Webster's New World
A ropelike length of anything.
A strand of pearls, a strand of hair.
Webster's New World
A wisp or lock of hair.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
stranded, stranding, strands
To drive or run (a boat, for example) ashore or aground.
American Heritage
To cause (a whale or other sea animal) to be unable to swim free from a beach or from shallow water.
American Heritage
To form (rope, etc.) by twisting together strands.
Webster's New World
To leave in, or be put into, a difficult, helpless position.
Stranded penniless in a strange city.
Webster's New World
To break a strand or strands of (a rope, etc.)
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.

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Other Word Forms of Strand

Noun

Singular:
strand
Plural:
strands

Origin of Strand

  • Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand"). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord"), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand"), from Old High German streno, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand"), from Proto-Indo-European *strÄ“y-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row"); related to Dutch streen (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string"), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore"), from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field"), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to broaden, spread out"). Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand.

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  • the north strand (shore) of the river Thames

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English strond

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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