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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
On Saturday Bashe posted a social media video showing a pile of rotten bananas in a truck stranded at the border with Malawi, saying it was hard for Tanzania to tolerate the trend.
"I'm stranded in the street, not knowing where to go. I don't know why they're after me. They destroyed us and brought ruin to us."
Many transnational migrants were stranded in Mexico when Trump took office and announced an end to asylum at the border.
Early on Sunday, Glasnow had been rolling, stranding four runners over his first three innings before striking out the side in the fourth.
The fighting in South Sudan has left thousands of people like Ms Williams stranded at the Renk Transit Centre.
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