Definition of Strand

1. Verb. Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue. "The travellers were marooned"

Exact synonyms: Maroon
Generic synonyms: Abandon, Desert, Desolate, Forsake
Derivative terms: Maroon

2. Noun. A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole. "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"
Generic synonyms: Form, Pattern, Shape

3. Verb. Drive (a vessel) ashore.
Generic synonyms: Land

4. Noun. Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.
Generic synonyms: Line
Specialized synonyms: Ply, Rope Yarn

5. Verb. Bring to the ground. "The storm grounded the ship"
Exact synonyms: Ground, Run Aground
Causes: Ground, Run Aground
Generic synonyms: Land
Derivative terms: Ground

6. Noun. A necklace made by a stringing objects together. "A strand of pearls"
Exact synonyms: Chain, String
Generic synonyms: Necklace
Derivative terms: String

7. Noun. A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.
Exact synonyms: Fibril, Filament
Specialized synonyms: Barb, Cobweb, Gossamer, Chromatid, Myofibril, Myofibrilla, Sarcostyle, Rhizoid, Hypha, Paraphysis
Generic synonyms: Fiber, Fibre
Derivative terms: Filamentous

8. Noun. A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides).
Generic synonyms: Shore

9. Noun. A street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels.
Generic synonyms: Street
Group relationships: West End

Definition of Strand

1. n. One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

2. v. t. To break a strand of (a rope).

3. n. The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

4. v. t. To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

5. v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

Definition of Strand

1. Proper noun. A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street ¹

2. Noun. (context: now poetic or archaic) The flat area of land bordering a body of water; a beach or shore. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive nautical) To run aground; to beach. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base. ¹

6. Noun. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. ¹

7. Noun. A string. ¹

8. Noun. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance. ¹

9. Noun. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided. ¹

10. Noun. (context: broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject. ¹

11. Noun. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strand

1. to leave in an unfavorable situation [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strand

stramazoun
stramazouns
stramenopile
stramenopiles
stramineous
strammel
strammels
stramonies
stramonium
stramoniums
stramony
stramp
stramped
stramping
stramps
strand
strand line
strand wolf
stranded
strandedness
strandednesses
strander
stranders
stranding
strandings
strandline
strandlines
strandloper
strands
strandwolf

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