Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strand"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stranding}.]
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a
ship.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strand \Strand\, v. i.
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship
stranded at high water.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strand \Strand\, n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G.
str["a]hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.]
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of
which a rope is composed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strand \Strand\, v. t.
To break a strand of (a rope).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan.
strand, Icel. str["o]nd.]
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large
lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer.
{Strand birds}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Shore birds}, under {Shore}.
{Strand plover} (Zo["o]l.), a black-bellied plover. See
Illust. of {Plover}.
{Strand wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the brown hyena.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
strand
n 1: 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: line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are
twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
3: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
of beads" or "a strand of pearls" [syn: {chain}, {string}]
4: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: {fibril}, {filament}]
5: a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered
and uncovered by the tides)
6: a street in west central London famous for its theaters and
hotels [syn: {Strand}]
v : leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon
[syn: {maroon}]
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