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- 1. a single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others: "strands of coloured wool" Similar
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STRAND definition: 1. a thin thread of something, often one of a few, twisted around each other to make a string or…. Learn more.
verb (1) stranded; stranding; strands. transitive verb. 1. : to run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand : run aground. 2. : to leave in a strange or an unfavorable place especially without funds or means to depart. 3. : to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in baseball.
The noun strand describes things that are long and thin like a rope, or a strand of spaghetti, hair, or thread. Strands are often twisted together to form thicker, stronger things like cables. As a verb, the meaning is very different: "to leave helpless," like unreliable cars that strand their drivers, or a snowstorm that strands people at ...
Definition of 'strand' Word Frequency. strand. (strænd ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense strands , present participle stranding , past tense, past participle stranded. 1. countable noun. A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.
Strand definition: to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore. See examples of STRAND used in a sentence.
1. (Textiles) a set of or one of the individual fibres or threads of string, wire, etc, that form a rope, cable, etc. 2. (Textiles) a single length of string, hair, wool, wire, etc. 3. (Jewellery) a string of pearls or beads. 4. a constituent element in a complex whole: one strand of her argument. vb.
Britannica Dictionary definition of STRAND. [count] 1. : a thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc. The strands were twisted together. — often + of. a strand of thread. The police found a single strand of hair at the crime scene. 2. : something that is long like a string — often + of. a strand of pearls. a strand of DNA. 3.
1. A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it. [...] 2. A strand of a plan or theory is a part of it. [...] 3. If you are stranded, you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather. [...] More. Definitions of 'Strand' See the Strand [...] More. Image.
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Definition of strand noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
