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strand I. \ˈstrand, -aa(ə)nd\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand; akin to Middle Low German & Middle Dutch strant shore, beach, Old Norse strönd border, edge, seashore, Latin sternere to spread out — more at strew 1. : the land bordering a body of water : shore: as a. (1) : the beach of the ocean, a sea, or an arm of the ocean (2) : the land alternately covered and uncovered by the tide b. : the bank of a stream 2. obsolete : wharf, quay 3. archaic : a faraway region II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) transitive verb 1. a. : to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand : run aground : beach < pearly nautilus shells … have been found stranded … far south — Joyce Allan > < left our boats stranded — William Beebe > b. : to leave behind by or as if by the receding of water < the cave suddenly drained off and stranded the fish — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < the skull … which the hurricane had left stranded in the fork of a big water oak — W.F.Davis > 2. : to place in an unfavorable position : leave without means of coping with the surroundings < when a wild and open land becomes … settled, certain men will be stranded in the new, restricting, and alien environment — Francis Ratcliffe > specifically : to leave in an alien town or country without funds or means to depart < he returned … almost penniless after paying his railroad fare from the … town where the company had been stranded — Current Biography > intransitive verb : to become stranded : become propelled onto a shore < the ship stranded at length on the island — Isobel Hutchison > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English strand, strond, strund, perhaps from strand (I) 1. Scot & dialect England a. : stream, current b. : sea 2. Scot & dialect England : channel, gutter IV. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English strond, of unknown origin 1. a. (1) : fibers or filaments twisted, plaited, or laid parallel to form a unit for further twisting or plaiting into yarn, thread, rope, or cordage : one of the components of a plied yarn, thread, or rope < 6-strand embroidery floss > (2) : one of the wires twisted together or laid parallel to form a wire rope or cable or an electrical conductor b. : a thread, yarn, string, rope, wire, or cable especially when of suitable length, strength, or construction for a particular purpose < miles of open downland without a strand of barbed wire — Anthony West > < the tug pulls, tightening the steel strand — C.G.Bell > 2. : an element (as a yarn, thread, filament, or reed) of a woven or plaited material 3. : an elongated or twisted and plaited body resembling a rope < a strand of pearls > < wet strands of hair were plastered on her cheek — Sheila Kaye-Smith > 4. : a continuous patterned or structured whole forming a unity within a complex organization or activity < several strands of melody are heard at once — Robert Donington > < the wife comes back … to pick up the strands of married life again — C.A.Lejeune > 5. South : a pile of wood 8 feet by 4 feet by from 12 inches to 24 or 30 inches V. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. : to break a strand of (a rope) accidentally 2. a. : to form (as a rope) from strands b. : to play out, twist, or arrange in a strand < six pairs of copper wires insulated with polyethylene are stranded around a steel core — Annual Report of American Tel. & Tel. Co. > < fourteen hundred feet of … hose were stranded from the catch basin over the hill to the reservoir — Fyr-Fyter News > 3. a. : to lay a thread along an edge of (as a buttonhole) as a foundation for buttonholing b. : to carry (an attached yarn) along the back in knitting having colored designs |