Strand /(?)/

Strand

n.
  1. One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

Strand

v. t.
  1. To break a strand of (a rope).

Strand

n.
  1. The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

Phrases & Compounds
Strand birds
See Shore birds, under Shore.
Strand plover
a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover.
Strand wolf
the brown hyena.

Strand

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding

  1. To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

Strand

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