noun

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

noun

1. 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.)