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

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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

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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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