strand
Meaning of strand
verb
- leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.
two of the firm's trucks are stranded in France
they were stranded by the blizzard
- drive or leave (a boat, sailor, or sea creature) aground on a shore.
the ships were stranded in shallow water
quantities of sea creatures were left stranded
- the shore of a sea, lake, or large river.
a heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand
Old English (as a noun), of unknown origin. The verb dates from the early 17th century.
noun- a single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.
strands of coloured wool
late 15th century: of unknown origin.
Information about strand
- The plural form of strand is: strands.
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Hyphenation of strand
strand
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- strand is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
strand synonyms
Meaning chain:
Meaning fibril:
Meaning Strand:
Meaning maroon:
Meaning an area of sandy, stony, or rocky land bordering and level with the sea:
Meaning the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water:
Meaning a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks:
Meaning a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, river beds, the seabed, and deserts:
Meaning the part of a shore between high- and low-water marks, or between the water and cultivated or developed land:
Meaning the line along which a large body of water meets the land:
Meaning the part of the land adjoining or near the sea:
Meaning a place by the sea, especially a beach area or holiday resort:
Meaning a region bordering the sea; the coastline:
Meaning a part of a town that borders the sea or a lake or river:
Meaning the side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something:
Meaning the edge of or area adjoining a sea, lake, or river:
Meaning a region lying along a shore:
Meaning a beach by the sea, especially at a fashionable resort:
Meaning a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving:
Meaning a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed:
Meaning the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object:
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material:
Translation of strand
Anagrams of strand
Words that rhyme with strand
Rand, rand, Arand, Farand, Garand, farand, garand, guarand, tarand, Brand, Hildebrand, Wilbrand, Willebrand, backbrand, brand, counterbrand, doorbrand, firebrand, milzbrand, misbrand, nonbrand, rebrand, surtarbrand, surturbrand, unbrand, Jusserand, Millerand, Tisserand, backberand, carcerand, glitterand, operand, Grand, Legrand, grand, integrand, ungrand, Girand, doctorand, honorand, prand, Farrand, Ferrand, Krugerrand, Mitterrand, arrand, errand, farrand, krugerrand, warrand
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