'Strand' definitions:
Definition of 'strand'
(from WordNet)
noun
A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
noun
Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
noun
A necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand]
noun
noun
A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
noun
A street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
verb
Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand]
verb
Drive (a vessel) ashore
verb
Bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn: ground, strand, run aground]
Definition of 'Strand'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Strand'
From: GCIDE
- Strand \Strand\, v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Strand'
From: GCIDE
- Strand \Strand\, n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. str[aum]hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Strand'
From: GCIDE
- Strand \Strand\, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Strand'
From: GCIDE
- Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str["o]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Strand birds. (Zool.) See Shore birds, under Shore.
- Strand plover (Zool.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover.
- Strand wolf (Zool.), the brown hyena. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'strand'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal fiber,
- artificial fiber,
- bank,
- beach,
- berm,
- capillament,
- cast away,
- cilium,
- cirrus,
- coast,
- coastland,
- coastline,
- cobweb,
- denier,
- embankment,
- fiber,
- fibrilla,
- filament,
- filamentule,
- flagellum,
- foreshore,
- gossamer,
- ground,
- hair,
- hank,
- ironbound coast,
- lido,
- littoral,
- pile up,
- plage,
- playa,
- riverside,
- riviera,
- rockbound coast,
- run aground,
- sands,
- sea margin,
- seabank,
- seabeach,
- seaboard,
- seacliff,
- seacoast,
- seashore,
- seaside,
- shingle,
- shipwreck,
- shore,
- shoreline,
- skein,
- submerged coast,
- suture,
- take the ground,
- tendril,
- thread,
- threadlet,
- tidewater,
- waterfront,
- waterside,
- web,
- wreck