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The Meaning of strand
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(n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
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(v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).
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(n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.
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(v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
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(v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
Synonyms
chain
,
string
,
fibril
,
filament
,
Strand
,
maroon
,
ground
,
run aground
Homophones
strande
Rhymes
ampersand
,
armband
,
backhand
,
band
,
bandstand
,
banned
,
beforehand
,
bland
,
bourland
,
brand
,
brande
,
broadband
,
canned
,
chand
,
command
,
contraband
,
cropland
,
deland
,
demand
,
disband
,
dixieland
,
dreamland
,
expand
,
fairyland
,
fanned
,
farmhand
,
farmland
,
fatherland
,
ferdinand
,
fernand
,
finland
,
firebrand
,
firsthand
,
forehand
,
freehand
,
gland
,
goodland
,
grand
,
grande
,
grandstand
,
grassland
,
greenland
,
hand
,
handstand
,
headband
,
heartland
,
hildebrand
,
hinterland
,
homeland
,
inland
,
laband
,
land
,
lande
,
lapland
,
lefthand
,
longhand
,
lowland
,
mainland
,
mande
,
manned
,
marchand
,
marshland
,
meadowland
,
midland
,
misunderstand
,
moorland
,
motherland
,
newsstand
,
nightstand
,
northland
,
nuland
,
offhand
,
outmanned
,
overland
,
panned
,
parkland
,
planned
,
queensland
,
quicksand
,
rand
,
remand
,
reprimand
,
rhineland
,
samarkand
,
sand
,
secondhand
,
shadowland
,
shand
,
shorthand
,
somaliland
,
southland
,
spanned
,
stagehand
,
stand
,
strande
,
streisand
,
tanned
,
thailand
,
timberland
,
undermanned
,
understand
,
unmanned
,
unplanned
,
vande
,
wasteland
,
wetland
,
withstand
,
wonderland
,
woodland