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1. (v.t.) strand
to drive or cause to run onto a shore; run aground.
2. strand
to leave in a helpless position:
stranded in the middle of nowhere.
3. (v.i.) strand
to become stranded.
4. (n.) strand
the land bordering a body of water; shore; beach.
5. (n.) strand
one of the larger elements, each consisting of a bundle of yarns, that are plaited together to form a rope.
6. strand
a similar part of a wire rope or cable.
7. strand
any fiber or thread twisted or plaited into cord, string, etc.
8. strand
a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue.
9. strand
an interwoven element in a larger structure:
the strands of a plot.
10. strand
a filament of hair.
11. strand
any particular length of cord or string upon which pearls, beads, etc., are threaded.
12. (v.t.) strand
to form by twisting strands together.
13. strand
to break one or more strands of (a rope).
Etymology: (1490–1500; orig. uncert.)
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1. (noun) strand
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) strand
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) chain, string, strand
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
"a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
4. (noun) fibril, filament, strand
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
5. (noun) strand
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
6. (verb) Strand
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
7. (verb) maroon, strand
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
"the travellers were marooned"
8. (verb) strand
drive (a vessel) ashore
9. (verb) ground, strand, run aground
bring to the ground
"the storm grounded the ship"
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1. (noun) strand
a long thin piece of sth
a strand of hair; a strand of DNA
2. strand
one of many different ideas
the strands of thought that run through his poetry
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Strand
one of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed
2. (noun) Strand
the shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river
3. (verb) Strand
to break a strand of (a rope)
4. (verb) Strand
to drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship
5. (verb) Strand
to drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water
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Sense: (of a ship) to go aground
The ship was stranded on the rocks.
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 Afrikaans: strand |
 Arabic: تَجْنَح السَّفينَه، تَرْت |
 Bulgarian: изхвърлям на брега |
 Brazilian: encalhar |
 Czech: ztroskotat |
 German: gestrandet |
 Danish: gå på grund |
 Greek: ρίχνω έξω στην ξηρά (για |
 Estonian: randa kinni jooksma |
 Farsi: به گل نشستن |
 Finnish: haaksirikkoutua |
 French: être échoué |
 Hebrew: לַעֲלוֹת עַל שִׂרטוֹן |
 Hindi: बेसवारी |
 Croatian: nasukati, bacitišto na ob |
 Hungarian: megfeneklik |
 Indonesian: be stranded |
 Icelandic: strand |
 Japanese: 座礁させる |
 Korean: 좌초되다 |
 Lithuanian: užplaukti (ant seklumos) |
 Latvian: izmests krastā; uzskrējis |
 Malay: terdampar |
 Dutch: stranden |
 Norwegian: grunnstøte, strande |
 Polish: osiadać |
 Persian: به گل نشستن |
 Pashto: ګل ته کیناستل |
 Portuguese: encalhar |
 Romanian: a eşua |
 Russian: садиться на мель |
 Slovak: stroskotať |
 Slovenian: nasesti |
 Serbian: nasukati se |
 Swedish: stranda, gå på grund |
 Thai: ทำให้เกยตื้น |
 Turkish: karaya oturmak |
 Taiwanese: 擱淺 |
 Ukrainian: сісти на мілину |
 Urdu: بھاگنا دوڑنا |
 Vietnamese: làm mắc cạn |
 Chinese: 搁浅 |
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