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strand¹ Definition

strand (strand)

noun

land at the edge of a body of water; shore, esp. ocean shore

Etymology: ME < OE, akin to ON strǫnd, Ger strand, prob. < IE base *ster-, to extend, stretch out > strew

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to run or drive aground a ship stranded by the storm
  2. to leave in, or be put into, a difficult, helpless position stranded penniless in a strange city

strand² Definition

strand (strand)

noun

    1. any one of the threads, fibers, wires, etc. that are twisted together to form a length of string, rope, or cable
    2. any of the individual bundles of thread or fiber so twisted together
  2. a ropelike length of anything a strand of pearls, a strand of hair
  3. any of the parts that are bound together to form a whole the strands of one's life

Etymology: ME stronde < ?

transitive verb

  1. to form (rope, etc.) by twisting together strands
  2. to break a strand or strands of (a rope, etc.)

strand² Related Forms
strand′er noun
strand Synonyms

strand

n.

beach, coast, seacoast; see shore. See syn. study at shore.

strand Usage Examples

Object

  • porpoise: The number of whales, dolphins and porpoises stranded on the UK coastline has more than doubled over the last ten years.
  • whale: The expression stranded whale was not out of place.
  • keeper: Out of a suitable shooting position on his strong side he produced a perfect reverse undercut past the stranded keeper.
  • motorist: We were asked by the Police to check the roads in the area for stranded motorists.

Converse of object

  • weave: When we weave the weak strands of our lives together, a rope of great strength is created.
  • interlink: All three interlinking strands of the People's Network are managed by the MLA, and are lottery funded at present.
  • pull: A separate concluding chapter pulling together the various strands of the book would have added force to the propositions for change.

Adjective modifier

  • beta: The relative direction of beta strands is shown by the orientation of the triangles.
  • disparate: The film relies not just on the visual, but also on the sonorous to tie together the disparate narrative strands.
  • complementary: For instance, scientists at the Naval Research Lab have measured the force between two complementary strands of DNA.
  • inter-related: There are three inter-related strands to the teaching program.
  • saffron: Auburn hues Soaked saffron strands and its soaking liquid lend delicate streaks of color and flavor to fluffy boiled rice.
  • distinct: There are two distinct strands to the diaper waste minimisation scheme.

Preposition: on

  • island: An accident, however, leaves him stranded on a remote island for four years.

Noun used with modifier

  • DNA: These work by sticking to one of the cancer cell's DNA strands.
  • equality: How will the new CEHR mediate conflict between different equality strands?

Preposition: of

  • yarn: Thickness is measured by the numbered of strands of yarn knitted into the sock, or " ply " .
  • DNA: Sequencing should have been performed on both strands of the template DNA.
  • wire: The latter also had two strands of barbed wire strung along the top.
  • helix: In DNA, pairing by bases on opposite strands of the double helix links the two strands.
strand Quotes

And lang, lang may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand! 56

—Ballads

O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood. Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand!

—Scott, Sir Walter

It was a'for our rightfu' king, We left fair Scotland's strand.

—Burns, Robert

   One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washe'  d it away; Again I wrote it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. 'Vain man,'said she,'that doest in vain assay A mortal thing so to immortalise, For I my self shall like to this decay, And eke my name be wipe'  d out likewise.' 'Not so,'quod I,'let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: My verse your virtues rare shall eternise, And in the heavens write your glorious name. Where when as death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew.'

—Spenser, Edmund

For who would leave, unbrib'd, Hibernia's Land, Or change the rocks of Scotland for the Strand?

—Johnson, Samuel known as Dr Johnson

Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand!

—Scott, Sir Walter

What's not destroyed byTime's devouring hand? Where'sTroy, and where's the Maypole in the Strand?

—Bramston,James