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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
- the Stranda street in W central London, parallel to the Thames: famous for its hotels and theatres
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 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 Word Forms
- ٰԻ· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Word History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Example Sentences
Hydraulic ladders were used by firefighters to rescue those stranded on the ledges, the Indian Express newspaper reported.
Work is also under way to rescue people trapped on stranded services.
Half an hour later, passengers left, only to find themselves stranded.
The neighbours have also expelled many of each other's diplomats and revoked civilians' visas - already difficult to procure - leaving many stranded on both sides of the border.
The French government has been urged to reconsider rehoming two stranded killer whales in Canada.
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