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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 573: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-strand.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology

Old English strand

Noun

Template:rfc-level strand (plural strands)

  1. a beach or shoreline (archaic)
And palmeres for to seken strange stroundes
To ferne halwes, kouthe in sondry londes.
-- Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, General Prologue, ll. 14-15
  1. A string
  2. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
    strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair.
  3. (electric) a group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
Translations

Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of <substance>” that are different for each substance. The translations below refer to strands in general. You might find a more appropriate translation under the word for the substance itself. Lua error in Module:utilities/templates at line 19: Parameters 1 and 2 are required. Template:mid

Transitive verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

  1. To run aground.
  2. To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  3. Template:baseball to cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base
    Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

Synonyms

Translations

run aground See run aground


Afrikaans

Noun

strand

  1. beach

Danish

Noun

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  1. beach

Synonyms


Dutch

Noun

strand Template:n (plural: stranden, diminutive: strandje)

  1. beach

See also


Hungarian

Noun

strand

  1. beach
  2. open-air bath

Norwegian

Noun

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  1. beach

Synonyms


Old English

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse strönd

Noun

strand n

  1. beach

Swedish

Noun

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  1. beach

Inflection

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See also