STRAND

Strand

Strand was an island on the west coast of Nordfriesland in the Duchy of Schleswig, which was a fiefdom of the Danish crown. Now the area belongs to Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.

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strand

Noun

  1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
    Grand Strand
  2. The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  3. A small brook or rivulet.
  4. A passage for water; gutter.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  2. A string.
  3. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
    strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair.
  4. A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  5. A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
    strand of truth

Verb

  1. To run aground; to beach.
  2. To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  3. To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
    Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To break a strand of (a rope).


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