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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/ ٰæԻ /
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
strand
2/ ٰæԻ /
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
3/ ٰæԻ /
noun
a street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
Other Word Forms
- strandless adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Word History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Example Sentences
He stranded a leadoff double in the third, collecting the first of his five strikeouts along the way; a total that leaves him just 12 shy of reaching 3,000 strikeouts for his career.
They stranded nine runners, were one for 13 with runners in scoring position and struck out nine times.
Johnson Charles charged towards him to be left stranded and stumped.
“But when disaster struck, they learned their coverage was little more than an illusion. These companies promised peace of mind, but instead left their members stranded, homeless, and hopeless.”
A minke whale in Long Beach Harbor and a gray whale that stranded in Huntington Beach also succumbed to the outbreak.
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