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STRANDING
Verb
stranding
present participle of strand
Noun
stranding (plural strandings)
The act by which somebody is stranded.
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Source: Wiktionary
STRAND
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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