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This page has 37 definitions of strand with English translations in 8 languages. Strand is a noun and verb. Examples of how to use strand in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

See also: Strand and štrand

English strand definition

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

strand (plural strands)

  1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
    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.
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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.
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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-West Germanic *strenō, 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). Compare also Old High German stranga (strand of hair), modern German Strang (strand, thread, cord).

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 hai
  4. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  5. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  6. (figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
    strand of truth
    • 2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, 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.
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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).
  2. (transitive) To form by uniting strands.
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Afrikaans strand definition

Etymology

From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.

Pronunciation

Noun

strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)

  1. beach

Danish strand definition

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

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

strand

  1. imperative of strande

Dutch strand definition

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch strant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)

  1. beach, strand
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Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

strand

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

Hungarian strand definition

Etymology

From German Strand.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

strand (plural strandok)

  1. beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)
  2. pool, swimming pool (an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure)

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
non-attributive
possessive - singular
strandé strandoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
strandéi strandokéi
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

(Compound words):

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • strand in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic strand definition

Etymology

From stranda (to run aground).

Pronunciation

Noun

strand n (genitive singular strands, nominative plural strönd)

  1. running aground, stranding

Declension

Middle English strand definition

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strand/, /strɔːnd/

Noun

strand (plural strandes)

  1. (chiefly Northern) beach, shoreline

Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål strand definition

Etymology 1

From Old Norse strǫnd.

Noun

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

  1. a beach or shore
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

strand

  1. imperative of strande

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Norwegian Nynorsk strand definition

Etymology

From Old Norse strǫnd. Akin to English strand.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strɑnd/, /strɑnː/

Noun

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

  1. a beach or shore

Declension

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Old English strand definition

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *strandō.

Pronunciation

Noun

strand n

  1. beach
  2. shore

Declension

Descendants

Swedish strand definition

Etymology

From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse strǫnd, from Proto-Germanic *strandō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.

Pronunciation

Noun

strand c

  1. beach (not necessarily sandy)
  2. shore

Declension

Declension of strand 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative strand stranden stränder stränderna
Genitive strands strandens stränders strändernas

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

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