strand
1 of 5noun (1)
ˈstrand 
: the land bordering a body of water : shore, beach
strand
2 of 5verb (1)
stranded; stranding; strands
transitive verb
1
: to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand : run aground
2
: to leave in a strange or an unfavorable place especially without funds or means to depart
3
: to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in baseball
intransitive verb
: to become stranded
strand
3 of 5noun (2)
1
Scotland and dialects of England : stream
2
Scotland and dialects of England : sea
strand
4 of 5noun (3)
1
a
: fibers or filaments twisted, plaited, or laid parallel to form a unit for further twisting or plaiting into yarn, thread, rope, or cordage
b
: one of the wires twisted together or laid parallel to form a wire rope or cable
c
: something (such as a molecular chain) resembling a strand
a strand of DNA
2
a
: an element (such as a yarn or thread) of a woven or plaited material
b
: a threadlike piece of natural or synthetic material
a strand of hair
3
: an elongated or twisted and plaited body resembling a rope
a strand of pearls
4
: one of the elements interwoven in a complex whole
one strand of the novel's plot
strand
5 of 5verb (2)
stranded; stranding; strands
transitive verb
1
: to break a strand of (a rope) accidentally
2
a
: to form (something, such as a rope) from strands
b
: to play out, twist, or arrange in a strand
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- beach
- beachfront
- sand(s)
Verb (1)
- shipwreck
- wreck
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Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old Norse strǫnd shore
Noun (2)
Middle English stronde, strande
Noun (3)
Middle English strond
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (1)
1621, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Noun (2)
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (2)
1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing strand
Kids Definition
strand 1 of 3
noun
ˈstrand
: the land bordering a body of water : shore, beach
strand
2 of 3verb
stranded; stranding
1
: to run, drive, or cause to drift from the water onto land
The storm stranded boats.
2
: to leave in a strange or unfavorable place especially without any way of leaving
He's stranded in a strange city.
strand
3 of 3noun
1
: one of the fibers, threads, strings, or wires twisted or braided to make a cord, rope, or cable
2
: something long or twisted like a rope
a strand of pearls
Medical Definition
strand
noun
ˈstrand
: something (as a molecular chain) resembling a thread
a strand of DNA
stranding 1 of 2
noun
as in wrecking
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- wrecking
- beaching
- grounding
- sinking
- shipwrecking
- wreck
- shipwreck
- foundering
- scuttling
- wreckage
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- salvage
- recovery
- salvaging
stranding
2 of 2verb
1
as in shipwrecking
to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking the ghostly remains of ships that had been stranded by the reef Synonyms & Similar Words
- wrecking
- shipwrecking
- scuttling
- beaching
- foundering
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- recovering
- salvaging
2
as in leaving
to cause to remain behind he just drove off, stranding her in some dinky town with just a few bucks and the clothes she was wearing Synonyms & Similar Words
- leaving
- abandoning
- dumping
- marooning
- deserting
- forsaking
- discarding
- walking away from
- flinging
- ditching
- escaping
- quitting
- jettisoning
- shedding
- walking out on
- scrapping
- junking
- relinquishing
- sacrificing
- ignoring
- vacating
- throwing away
- surrendering
- yielding
- renouncing
- distancing
- rejecting
- disowning
- cutting off
- throwing out
- disregarding
- forgetting
- abjuring
- handing over
- neglecting
- delivering
- repudiating
- shucking (off)
- giving up
- retreating (from)
- withdrawing (from)
- separating (from)
- taking off (from)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- having
- keeping
- retaining
- holding
- possessing
- saving
- owning
- withholding
- reserving
- reclaiming
- rescuing
- harboring
- redeeming
- iron safe clause
- iron sand
- iron scale
- iron scrap
- iron sight
- iron skull
- iron spinel
- iron stand
- iron sulfide
- iron tree
- iron yellow
- iron-free
- iron-jawed
- iron-monticellite
- iron-ore cement
- iron-oxide red
- iron-vane meter
- ironback
- ironbark
- ironbark acacia
- ironbark box
- ironbarks
- ironbound
- ironclad
- ironclads