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The meaning of STRAND is the land bordering a body of water : shore, beach. How to use strand in a sentence.
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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.
1. a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc. 2. a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc. 3. a string of pearls or beads. 4. a constituent element in a complex whole. one strand of her argument.
strand something to make a boat, fish, whale, etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water. The ship was stranded on a sandbank. Definition of strand verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
strand verb [T] (ABANDON) to leave someone in a place that they cannot get away from because of a problem such as not having any transport or money : The rebels blockaded the road , stranding dozens of American tourists .
Strand Definition. Land at the edge of a body of water; shore, esp. ocean shore. Any one of the threads, fibers, wires, etc. that are twisted together to form a length of string, rope, or cable. Any of the individual bundles of thread or fiber so twisted together. A ropelike length of anything.
What does the verb strand mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb strand . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
