strand Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
  2. noun line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
  3. noun a necklace made by a stringing objects together;
    string; chain.
    • a string of beads
    • a strand of pearls
  4. noun a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
    fibril; filament.
  5. noun a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
  6. noun a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
  7. verb leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    maroon.
    • the travellers were marooned
  8. verb drive (a vessel) ashore
  9. verb bring to the ground
    run aground; ground.
    • the storm grounded the ship

WordNet

Strand noun
Etymology
Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.
Definitions
  1. One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strand transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To break a strand of (a rope).
Strand noun
Etymology
AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd.
Definitions
  1. The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer.
Strand transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Stranded; present participle & verbal noun Stranding
Definitions
  1. To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
Strand intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

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