Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
STRAND
chain, string, strand
(noun) a necklace made by stringing objects together; “a string of beads”; “a strand of pearls”
strand
(noun) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
strand
(noun) a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; “he tried to pick up the strands of his former life”; “I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously”
Strand
(noun) a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
strand
(noun) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
fibril, filament, strand
(noun) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
ground, strand, run aground
(verb) bring to the ground; “the storm grounded the ship”
strand
(verb) drive (a vessel) ashore
maroon, strand
(verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; “the travellers were marooned”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.
Proper noun
Strand (plural Strands)
A surname.
A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.
An area surrounding the street in central in London, England.
A municipality of Rogaland, Norway.
Anagrams
• Arndts, drants
Etymology 1
Noun
strand (plural strands)
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
(poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
A small brook or rivulet.
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).
Verb
strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)
(transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
(transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
(transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
Synonyms
• (run aground): beach
• (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert
Etymology 2
Noun
strand (plural strands)
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
A string.
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
(genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Synonyms
• See also string
Verb
strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)
(transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
(transitive) To form by uniting strands.
Anagrams
• Arndts, drants
Source: Wiktionary
Strand, n. Etym: [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.]
Definition: One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strand, v. t.
Definition: To break a strand of (a rope).
Strand, n. Etym: [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd.]
Definition: The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. Strand birds. (Zoöl.) See Shore birds, under Shore.
– Strand plover (Zoöl.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover.
– Strand wolf (Zoöl.), the brown hyena.
Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.]
Definition: To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
Strand, v. i.
Definition: To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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