Strand | Mean of strand in English Dictionary

/ˈstrænd/

• Noun
• a thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc.
1. The strands were twisted together.
2. a strand of thread
3. The police found a single strand of hair at the crime scene.
• something that is long like a string
1. a strand of pearls
2. a strand of DNA
• one of the parts of something that is very complicated
1. All the strands of the story's plot are woven together in the final chapter.
2. The police are slowly putting the strands of evidence together.
• Verb

• to leave (a person or animal) in a place without a way of leaving it
1. She was stranded in a foreign city with no money.
2. They were stranded on a deserted island.
3. His car broke down, and he was stranded in the middle of nowhere.
4. Her flight was canceled, so she was left stranded at the airport.
• to cause (something, such as a boat or a sea animal) to become stuck on land
1. The ship was stranded on the sandbank.
2. a stranded [=beached] whale
• to leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning
1. The team stranded 10 runners during the game.
2. Two base runners were left stranded at the end of the inning.
• Noun
• the land along the edge of a sea, lake, etc.
1. We walked along the strand.