About The Word Strand
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Strand
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What's The Definition Of Strand?
[n] a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads" or"a strand of pearls"
[n] line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable [n] 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" [n] a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels [n] a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) [n] a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [v] leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon Synonyms | Synonyms for Strand: chain | fibril | filament | maroon | string Related Terms | Find terms related to Strand: See Also | abandon | barb | chromatid | cobweb | desert | desolate | fiber | fibre | form | forsake | gossamer | hypha | line | myofibril | myofibrilla | necklace | paraphysis | pattern | ply | rhizoid | rope yarn | sarcostyle | shape | shore | street | West End Strand In Webster's Dictionary \Strand\, n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G.
str["a]hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.]
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of
which a rope is composed.
\Strand\, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope). \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str["o]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. {Strand birds}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}. {Strand plover} (Zo["o]l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of {Plover}. {Strand wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the brown hyena. \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stranding}.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. \Strand\, v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. |
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