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Definitions for Strand

[1] to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore: The receding tide stranded the whale.
[2] (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position: He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
[3] to be driven or left ashore; run aground.
[4] to be halted or struck by a difficult situation: He stranded in the middle of his speech.
[5] the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
[6] one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like.
[7] a similar part of a wire rope.
[8] a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers.
[9] a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue.
[10] a thread or threadlike part of anything: the strands of a plot.
[11] a tress of hair.
[12] a string of pearls, beads, etc.
[13] to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
[14] to break one or more strands of (a rope).
[15] Mark, 1934–2014, U.S. poet, born in Canada: U.S. poet laureate 1990–91.
[16] Paul, 1890–1976, U.S. photographer and documentary-film producer.
[17] the, a street parallel to the Thames, in W central London, England: famous for hotels and theaters.
[18] to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore
[19] (tr; usually passive) to leave helpless, as without transport or money, etc
[20] a shore or beach
[21] a foreign country
[22] a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc
[23] a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc
[24] a string of pearls or beads
[25] a constituent element in a complex whole one strand of her argument
[26] (tr) to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together
[27] the Strand a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres

Words related to Strand

rope, fiber, string, filament, lock, length, tress

Words nearby Strand

strake, stralsund, stramash, stramineous, stramonium, strand, strand line, strand wolf, stranded, strandloper, strandwolf

Origin of Strand

2First recorded in 1490–1500; origin uncertain

Other words from Strand

strand·less , adjective

Word origin for Strand

C15: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Strand

fiber, filament, rope, string, length, lock, tress