meaning of strand
1. One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc. , of which a rope is composed.
2. To break a strand of (a rope).
3. The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.
4. To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
5. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
6. a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of
">pearls";
Related Words
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