Strand Meaning and Definition

Word: Strand

How to pronounce: strænd

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.

Example sentences: "Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in France"

2. Drive or leave (a boat, sailor, or sea creature) aground on a shore.

Example sentences: "The ships were stranded in shallow water"

Noun

Definitions:

1. The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.

Example sentences: "A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A single thin length of something such as thread, fiber, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

Example sentences: "A strand of cotton"

Synonyms:

chain

string

yarn

filament

conductor

Derivations:

stranded

stranding

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Strand in Other Languages...

Spanish: Hilo

German: Strähne

French: Strand

Italian: Strand

Turkish: Iplik