strand

Meaning of strand

verb
  1. 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
  2. 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
noun
  1. 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
  1. 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:

chain, string

Meaning fibril:

fibril, filament

Meaning Strand:

Strand

Meaning maroon:

maroon

Meaning an area of sandy, stony, or rocky land bordering and level with the sea:

seashore

Meaning the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water:

shore

Meaning a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks:

beach

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:

sands

Meaning the part of a shore between high- and low-water marks, or between the water and cultivated or developed land:

foreshore

Meaning the line along which a large body of water meets the land:

shoreline

Meaning the part of the land adjoining or near the sea:

coast

Meaning a place by the sea, especially a beach area or holiday resort:

seaside

Meaning a region bordering the sea; the coastline:

seaboard

Meaning a part of a town that borders the sea or a lake or river:

waterfront

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:

front

Meaning the edge of or area adjoining a sea, lake, or river:

waterside

Meaning a region lying along a shore:

littoral

Meaning a beach by the sea, especially at a fashionable resort:

plage

Meaning a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving:

thread

Meaning a thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed:

fibre

Meaning the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object:

length

Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:

piece

Meaning a thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material:

ply

Translation of strand

Anagrams of strand

drants

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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