strand

strand
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v
1. shore, ground, run ashore or aground; beach, shipwreck, wreck, maroon, Inf. pile up, cast away.
2. leave, abandon, desert, quit, give up; leave alone, leave high and dry, turn one's back on, leave in the lurch, forsake.
n
3. shore, coast, beach, seaside, seashore, sea-coast; littoral, plage, Fr. cote. sands; bank, brink, Archaic. brim, ground, margin, embankment, edge; waterside, waterfront, Archaic. rivage, foreshore, loom of the land.
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n
1. rope, cord, cordage, string, yarn, twine; cable, line, wire, catgut, lace; braid, twist, liga- ment.
2. fiber, filament, thread; hair, cilium, lash, capilla-ment, whisker, antenna.
3. tress, lock, wisp, curl, flock, bang, plait, quiff; elflock, lovelock, forelock, cowlick; pigtail, pony-tail.
v
4. plait, braid, weave, twist, twine; entwine, intertwine, interlace, interweave, intertwist, twirl.

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  • strand — strand1 [strand] n. [ME < OE, akin to ON strǫnd, Ger strand, prob. < IE base * ster , to extend, stretch out > STREW] land at the edge of a body of water; shore, esp. ocean shore vt., vi. 1. to run or drive aground [a ship stranded by… …   English World dictionary

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  • Strand — Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stranded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stranding}.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • strand — [strænd] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Origin unknown] 1.) a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair etc strand of ▪ He reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her face. 2.) one of the parts of a story, idea, plan etc strand of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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