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
So called after the north strand (i.e. shore) of the river Thames.
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.
• Arndts, drants
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).
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.
• (run aground): beach
• (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert
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.
• See also string
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.
• 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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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