Dictionary Definition
strand
Noun
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"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string]
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 v : leave stranded or isolated withe little
hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Strand
English
Etymology 1
etyl ang strand. Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Swedish strand.Noun
Translations
beach
- Danish: strand
- Estonian: rand
- Finnish: ranta
- German: Strand
- Norwegian: strand
- Russian: берег
- Spanish: playa
- Swedish: strand
Verb
- To run aground.
- To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- transitive baseball
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.
Translations
run aground
See run
aground
leave someone in a difficult situation
- Finnish: jättää heitteille, hylätä
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.Noun
- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual
length of any fine,
string-like substance.
- strand of spaghetti
- strand of hair.
- strand of spaghetti
- A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- In the context of "broadcasting": A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
Translations
Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of ” that are different for each substance. The translations below refer to strands in general. You might find a more appropriate translation under the word for the substance itself.strand of hair
- German: Strähne
- Spanish: pequeño mechón
Afrikaans
Noun
Danish
Noun
Synonyms
- sandstrand, qualifier part of beach right by the water strandbred
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
See also
Hungarian
Middle English
Alternative spellings
Etymology
From strand.Noun
enm-noun strandesNorwegian
Noun
Synonyms
Old English
Etymology
Akin to Old Norse strönd.Noun
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
Extensive Definition
A beach
or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock
particles along the shoreline of a body of water.
Strand or The Strand may also refer to:
Geography
- Strand, Norway
- Strand, Netherlands
- Strand, Western Cape, South Africa
- Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi flood of 1634
- Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
- The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
- Strand, Cape Town, a road in Cape Town, South Africa
- Strand, London, a famous road in London
- Strand National Historic Landmark District in Galveston, Texas
- The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles
- Bootle Strand, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
- The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
- Auckland railway station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains
- Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
People
- David Strand, an American scholar of early 20th century China
- Kjetil Strand, a Norwegian handball player
- Mark Strand, an American poet
- Paul Strand, an American modernist photographer
- Richard Strand, an American linguist studying Afghanistan
- Roar Strand, a Norwegian footballer
Other
- Strand Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the road in London).
- Strand Bookstore, a famous book store in New York City.
- Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry.
- Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of tobacco notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand".
- The Strand was a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols.
- The Strand is an American Industrial band.
- Strand (album) is an album by the Spinanes.
- Strand (programming language) is a parallel programming system.
- Strand Theater is a national historic landmark in Lakewood, New Jersey.
- Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand) is a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar.
- Strand VCI Entertainment was a company specializing direct-to-video releases of children's entertainment.
- Strand Home Video was formerly Strand VCI Entertainment but changed its name in 1993.
- Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Strand (epistemology), an epistemological strand.
strand in German: Strand (Begriffsklärung)
strand in French: Strand
strand in Japanese: ストランド
strand in Dutch: Strand
strand in Norwegian:
Strand_(andre_betydninger)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
animal fiber, artificial fiber, bank, beach, berm, capillament, cast away,
cilium, cirrus, coast, coastland, coastline, cobweb, denier, embankment, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, flagellum, foreshore, gossamer, ground, hair, hank, ironbound coast, lido, littoral, pile up, plage, playa, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, run
aground, sands, sea
margin, seabank,
seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shipwreck, shore, shoreline, skein, submerged coast, suture, take the ground, tendril, thread, threadlet, tidewater, waterfront, waterside, web, wreck