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strand
1[ strand ]
verb (used with object)
- to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore:
The receding tide stranded the whale.
- (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position:
He was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
verb (used without object)
- to be driven or left ashore; run aground.
- to be halted or struck by a difficult situation:
He stranded in the middle of his speech.
strand
2[ strand ]
noun
- one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like.
- a similar part of a wire rope.
- a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers.
- a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue:
a single strand of messenger RNA.
- a thread or threadlike part of anything:
the strands of a plot.
- a tress of hair.
- a string of pearls, beads, etc.
verb (used with object)
- to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
- to break one or more strands of (a rope).
Strand
3[ strand ]
noun
- Mark, 1934–2014, U.S. poet, born in Canada: U.S. poet laureate 1990–91.
- Paul, 1890–1976, U.S. photographer and documentary-film producer.
- the, a street parallel to the Thames, in W central London, England: famous for hotels and theaters.
strand
1/ strænd /
verb
- to leave or drive (ships, fish, etc) aground or ashore or (of ships, fish, etc) to be left or driven ashore
- tr; usually passive to leave helpless, as without transport or money, etc
noun
- a shore or beach
- a foreign country
Strand
2/ strænd /
noun
- the Stranda street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
strand
3/ strænd /
noun
- a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc
- a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc
- a string of pearls or beads
- a constituent element in a complex whole
one strand of her argument
verb
- tr to form (a rope, cable, etc) by winding strands together
Other Words From
- strand·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Word History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Example Sentences
You can strip the red strand from a cut piece of cordage to yield flammable tinder, or leave it in place to help a strand of 550 burn even better.
Those electrons move through the protein strands, ending up on iron in the mud.
One major barrier to inserting these incredibly tiny wires, which are thinner than a strand of human hair, is actually getting them past the skull and into the brain.
When the look-alike is incorporated into a growing strand of RNA, it stops production of the genetic molecule and keeps the virus from replicating.
Rather than sponsoring a stage, brands like investment consultants Macro Advisory Partners and investment management firm Netwealth are sponsoring content strands.
Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.
Later in the film, when she comes on wearing a strand of pearls, he snorts, “She looks like the queen.”
The beads are also a risk in and of themselves if the strand breaks.
A loose strand across my forearm in the morning, later one at my desk.
That's why Britain, as a nation, can't handle it when a strand is out of place.
It had come on to rain, and the raw dampness mingled itself with the dusky uproar of the Strand.
To supply the demand for galvanised signalling and fencing cords, the machines must turn out 15,000 yards of strand per day.
With the movement a strand of the corn-gold hair came tumbling down the side of her face.
A very interesting promenade for a stranger is that to the Strand, or “Maytown,” as it is likewise called.
It extends from the Strand to Holborn, the two principal business arteries of London.
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