Strand
Definition of Strand
| n. | 1. | One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. | | v. t. | 1. | To break a strand of (a rope). | | n. | 1. | The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. | | v. t. | 1. | To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. | | v. i. | 1. | To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. |
Related Words
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
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