strand /ˈstɹænd/noun 14verb 6forms 3 noun14 •Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. •A string. •An individual length of any fine, string-like substance. •A nucleotide chain. •(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.The explanation draws equally from other contemporary strands of political and social theory. — 2001 •A group of wires, usually twisted or braided. •The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.A woman that wandring in our coastes hath bought / A plot for price: where she a citie set: / To whom we gaue the strond for to manure. — 1557 •A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject. •(Philippines, formal) A specialization of a senior high school track. •(Philippines, informal) Synonym of track. •A small brook or rivulet. •(dialect, UK) A passage for water; gutter. •A street. •(dialect, no longer used) The shore or beach of a lake or river. verb6 •To run aground; to beach. •To leave an element (e.g., an adposition) without its complement adjacent to it.We first note that wh-movement can freely strand prepositions in Icelandic, as in the other Scandinavian languages. — 1985 •(figurative) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert. •(figurative) 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. •To form by uniting strands. •To break a strand of (a rope). formsstranded · stranding · strands
