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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 51Թ Forms
- ٰԻ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of strand1
Origin of strand2
Example Sentences
Prosecutor Temitayo Dasaolu said the criminals threatened to leave him "stranded and naked" in a forest if he did not pay another £500 within 24 hours.
Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that are transformed by their illness.
Other deaths have included a man and his teenaged daughter in Tennessee and a 68-year-old man in Missouri who reportedly stopped to help a stranded driver.
Within those cables there are tiny strands of fiber optic material, the width of an eyelash.
They speak of shortages of food, water and fuel, while trucks carrying aid are stranded at military checkpoints around the city.
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