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Added 9 October 2026

strand

/ˈstɹænd/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about strand at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.
he tried to pick up the strands of his former life
Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.
A necklace made by stringing objects together.
a string of beads

verb

Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.
the travellers were marooned
Drive (a vessel) ashore.
Bring to the ground.
the storm grounded the ship

Origin

* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, German Strand (“beach”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish strand (“beach”), Faroese strond (“beach”), Icelandic strönd (“beach”). * (street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.

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