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Webster 1913 Edition


Strand

Strand

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
To break a strand of (a rope).

Strand

,
Noun.
[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
.
(Zool.)
See
Shore birds
, under
Shore
.
Strand plover
(Zool.)
,
a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of
Plover
.
Strand wolf
(Zool.)
,
the brown hyena.

Strand

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Stranded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Stranding
.]
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground;
as, to
strand
a ship
.

Strand

,
Verb.
I.
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground;
as, the ship
stranded
at high water
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Strand

STRAND

,
Noun.
1.
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean, or of a large lake, and perhaps of a navigable river. It is never used of the bank of a small river or pond. The Dutch on the Hudson apply it to a landing place; as the strand at Kingston.
2.
One of the twists or parts of which a rope is composed.

STRAND

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To drive or run aground on the sea shore, as a ship.
2.
To break one of the strands of a rope.

STRAND

,
Verb.
I.
To drift or be driven on shore; to run aground; as, a ship strands at high water.

Definition 2024


Strand

Strand

See also: strand and štrand

English

Proper noun

Strand

  1. A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street

See also


German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʀant/
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Strand m (genitive Strands or Strandes, plural Strände)

  1. beach

Declension

Derived terms


Norwegian

Proper noun

Strand

  1. A municipality in Rogaland, Norway

strand

strand

See also: Strand and štrand

English

Noun

strand (plural strands)

  1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
    Grand Strand
  2. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  3. A small brook or rivulet.
  4. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
  5. A street (perhaps from similarity of shape)
Translations

Verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

  1. (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  3. (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.
Synonyms
Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (strand). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (a rope, cord), from Middle High German stren, strene (skein, strand), from Old High German streno, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (strip, strand), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row); related to Dutch streen (skein, hank of thread, strand, string), German Strähne (skein, hank of thread, strand of hair).

Noun

strand (plural strands)

  1. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  2. A string.
  3. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
    strand of spaghetti
    strand of hair.
  4. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  5. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  6. (figuratively) A sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
    strand of truth
    • 2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis (ISBN 9780415277129), page 78
      She responds to both questions in writing and checks her answer on the fact question. Her suspicions confirmed about the importance of the two names, Miranda vows to pay close attention to this strand of the story as she continues to read.
  7. (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Synonyms
  • See also Wikisaurus:string
Derived terms
  • do the strand
Translations

Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of <substance>” 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.

Verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

  1. (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).

Afrikaans

Noun

strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)

  1. beach

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stran/, [sd̥ʁɑnˀ]

Noun

strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)

  1. beach
  2. shore, seashore
  3. seaside

Derived terms

Inflection

Verb

strand

  1. imperative of strande

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɑnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)

  1. beach, strand

See also

Verb

strand

  1. first-person singular present indicative of stranden
  2. imperative of stranden

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Strand.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtrɒnd]

Noun

strand (plural strandok)

  1. beach
  2. open-air bath

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative strand strandok
accusative strandot strandokat
dative strandnak strandoknak
instrumental stranddal strandokkal
causal-final strandért strandokért
translative stranddá strandokká
terminative strandig strandokig
essive-formal strandként strandokként
essive-modal
inessive strandban strandokban
superessive strandon strandokon
adessive strandnál strandoknál
illative strandba strandokba
sublative strandra strandokra
allative strandhoz strandokhoz
elative strandból strandokból
delative strandról strandokról
ablative strandtól strandoktól
Possessive forms of strand
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. strandom strandjaim
2nd person sing. strandod strandjaid
3rd person sing. strandja strandjai
1st person plural strandunk strandjaink
2nd person plural strandotok strandjaitok
3rd person plural strandjuk strandjaik

Derived terms

References

  1. Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English strand.

Noun

strand (plural strandes)

  1. a beach or shoreline

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd

Noun

strand m, f (definite singular stranda or stranden, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)

  1. a beach

Derived terms


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd

Noun

strand f (definite singular stranda, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)

  1. a beach

Derived terms


Old English

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse strǫnd.

Noun

strand n

  1. beach

Old Saxon

Etymology

Akin to Old Norse strǫnd.

Noun

strand n

  1. beach

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd

Pronunciation

Noun

strand c

  1. a beach (not necessarily sandy)

Declension

Related terms

  • badstrand
  • flodstrand
  • havsstrand
  • sandstrand
  • stranda
  • strandaster
  • strandbad
  • strandbank
  • strandbebyggelse
  • strandbrant
  • strandbrink
  • strandbryn
  • strandbrädd
  • stranddräkt
  • strandfynd
  • strandgrus
  • strandhavre
  • strandhotell
  • strandhugg
  • strandkant
  • strandklippa
  • strandkrabba
  • strandkrypa
  • strandkål
  • strandlag
  • strandlinje
  • strandliv
  • strandning
  • strandnära
  • strandområde
  • strandparti
  • strandpipare
  • strandpromenad
  • strandraggare
  • strandremsa
  • strandrev
  • strandråg
  • strandrätt
  • strandsjö
  • strandskata
  • strandskog
  • strandskydd
  • strandskyddad
  • strandsluttning
  • strandsnäcka
  • strandstat
  • strandsvall
  • strandsätta
  • strandsättning
  • strandtomt
  • strandvakt
  • strandvall
  • strandvrak
  • strandväg
  • strandväxt
  • strandzon
  • strandägare
  • strandäng
  • åstrand
  • älvstrand

References