noun one piece of hair or thread ○ Strands of hair kept blowing across her forehead. ■ verb to leave someone or something alone and helpless ○ Her handbag was stolen and she was stranded without any money. ○ The captain stranded the ship on a sandbank.
strand
n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne 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.
strand
n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. Strand birds. (Zoöl.) See Shore birds, under Shore. — Strand plover (Zoöl.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. — Strand wolf (Zoöl.), the brown hyena.
Meaning of “strand” in English language – noun one piece of hair or thread ○ Stran...
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