Strand (str nd) A thoroughfare in west-central London, England, running parallel to the northern bank of the Thames River and eastward from Trafalgar Square in the West End to the City of London. Among its well-known fixtures is the Savoy Hotel. |
| strand 1 (strnd) n. The land bordering a body of water; a beach. v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands v.tr. 1. To drive or run ashore or aground. 2. To bring into or leave in a difficult or helpless position: The convoy was stranded in the desert. 3. Baseball To leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning. 4. Linguistics To separate (a grammatical element) from other elements in a construction, either by moving it out of the construction or moving the rest of the construction. In the sentence What are you aiming at, the preposition at has been stranded. v.intr. 1. To be driven or run ashore or aground. 2. To be brought into or left in a difficult or helpless position. [Middle English, from Old English.] |
| strand 2 (strnd) n. 1. A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn. 2. a. A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material. b. A wisp or tress of hair. 3. Something that is plaited or twisted as a ropelike length: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA. 4. One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel. tr.v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands 1. To make or form (a rope, for example) by twisting strands together. 2. To break a strand of (a rope, for example). [Middle English strond.] |
strand 1
Verb
1. to leave or drive (ships or fish) ashore
2. to leave (someone) helpless, for example without transport or money
Noun
Chiefly poetic a shore or beach [Old English]
strand 2
Noun
1. one of the individual fibres of string or wire that form a rope, cord, or cable
2. a single length of string, hair, wool, or wire
3. a string of pearls or beads
4. a part of something; element: the many disparate strands of the Anglican Church [origin unknown]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | strand - 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" |
| 2. | strand - line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line" ply - one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn" rope yarn - the strands out of which ropes are made | |
| 3. | strand - a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) | |
| 4. |  strand - a very slender natural or synthetic fiberbarb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber rhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc hypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed | |
| 5. | strand - a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) shore - the land along the edge of a body of water | |
| 6. | Strand - a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels West End - the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas | |
| Verb | 1. | strand - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" |
| 2. | strand - drive (a vessel) ashore land - bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" | |
| 3. | strand - bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" land - bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island" |
strand
Translations
strand [strænd] n [of thread] → fil m, brin m [of rope]; toron m [of hair]; mèche f
vt [+ boat] → échouer
1 (of a ship) to go aground The ship was stranded on the rocks. strand تَجْنَح السَّفينَه، تَرْتَطِم изхвърлям на брега ztroskotat gå på grund gestrandet ρίχνω έξω στην ξηρά (για πλοίο) randa kinni jooksma به گل نشستن ajaa karille être échoué לַעֲלוֹת עַל שִׂרטוֹן बेसवारी nasukati, baciti što na obalu megfeneklik be stranded strand 座礁させる (배가) 좌초하다 užplaukti (ant seklumos) izmests krastā; uzskrējis uz sēkļa terdampar stranden grunnstøte, strande osiadać encalhar a eşua садиться на мель stroskotať nasesti nasukati se stranda, gå på grund ทำให้เกยตื้น karaya oturmak 擱淺 сісти на мілину بھاگنا دوڑنا làm mắc cạn 搁浅
2 (alsobe left stranded) to be left helpless without eg money or friends He was left stranded in Yugoslavia without his money or his passport. strand مَقْطوع من المال والأصْدِقاء изоставям zůstat bez prostředků være ladt tilbage mittellos zurückbleiben εγκαταλείπω, ξεμένω abandonar kitsikusse jätma درمانده pulassa, ypöyksin sans ressources abandonner לְהִישָאֵר לְבָד לְלא אֶמצָעִים असहाय nasukati se vesztegel (vhol) terdampar skilinn eftir allslaus 立ち往生する 오도가도 못하게 되다 pasilikti kaip stovi atstāt bez palīdzības/likteņa varā terkandas stranden stå på bar bakke, bli strandet pozostawać na lodzie abandonar a abandona fără nici un ajutor оказаться на мели zostať bez prostriedkov obtičati nasukan vara strandsatt (lämnad åt sitt öde) ทำให้อยู่ในสภาพไม่ได้รับการช่วยเหลือ zor durumda kalmak 處於困境(無錢，無助) бути на мілі بے یارو مدد گار ہونا kẹt lại 处于困境（无钱，无助）
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