Strand

Noun

 * 1)  The flat area of land bordering a body of water; a beach or shore.

Verb

 * 1)   To run aground.
 * 2)  To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
 * 3)  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

 * abandon, desert

Noun

 * 1) Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a rope or cord.
 * 2) A string.
 * 3) An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
 * strand of spaghetti
 * strand of hair.
 * 1)  A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
 * 2)  A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:string

Derived terms

 * do the strand

Adjectives for Strand
braided; remotest; everlasting; rippling; deserted; great; deep; dark; tragic; mysterious; siren-footed; genial; intertwisted (pi); blistering; dreary; uneven; lonely.

Thesaurus
animal fiber, artificial fiber, bank, beach, berm, capillament, cast away, cilium, cirrus, coast, coastland, coastline, cobweb, denier, embankment, fiber, fibrilla, filament, filamentule, flagellum, foreshore, gossamer, ground, hair, hank, ironbound coast, lido, littoral, pile up, plage, playa, riverside, riviera, rockbound coast, run aground, sands, sea margin, seabank, seabeach, seaboard, seacliff, seacoast, seashore, seaside, shingle, shipwreck, shore, shoreline, skein, submerged coast, suture, take the ground, tendril, thread, threadlet, tidewater, waterfront, waterside, web, wreck

Etymology 1
strand:. Cognate with West Frisian straun:, Dutch strand:, German Strand:, Swedish strand:.

Etymology 2
Origin uncertain.

Noun

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: strand


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: spiaggia, battigia, bagnasciuga
 * Latvian: pludmale
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: plajă
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * Bosnian:
 * Italian:, spiaggiare


 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: jättää heitteille, hylätä
 * Italian:


 * Spanish:

Noun
''Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of ” 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.''


 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: filo, filamento


 * Russian: (žíla)
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: పోగు (pOgu)


 * German:
 * Portuguese: madeixa


 * Russian: (prjád’)
 * Spanish: pequeño mechón ,

Noun

 * 1) beach

Noun

 * 1) beach
 * 2) shore, seashore
 * 3) seaside

Derived terms

 * forstrand
 * fribadestrand
 * sandstrand
 * strandarve
 * strandasters
 * strandbo
 * strandbred
 * strande


 * strandfodring
 * strandhugst
 * stranding
 * strandkant
 * strandkål
 * strandløber
 * strandløg
 * strandløve


 * strandpiber
 * strandret
 * strandskade
 * strandsnegl
 * strandsvin
 * strandvasker
 * strandvolley

Etymology
From strǫnd:.

Noun

 * 1) beach

Noun

 * 1) beach
 * 2) open-air bath

Derived terms

 * strandpapucs

Noun

 * 1) a beach or shoreline

Alternative forms

 * stround

Etymology
From strand:.

Noun
strand m and f (definite singular stranda/stranden; indefinite plural strender; definite plural strendene)


 * 1) beach

Synonyms

 * sandstrand

Noun

 * 1) beach

Etymology
Akin to Old Norse strönd:.

Noun

 * 1) beach (not necessarily sandy)