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strand

UK/stɹænd/ US/stɹand/ fairly common formal informal uk
noun (6) verb (1)

noun

1.

a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

  • “he tried to pick up the strands of his former life”
  • “I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously”
2.

line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

3.

a necklace made by a stringing objects together

  • “a string of beads”
  • “a strand of pearls”
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5.

a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

6.

a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

verb

1.

leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue

  • “the travellers were marooned”
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Origin

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *strenō, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *strēy-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streng (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High German stranga (“strand of hair”), modern German Strang (“strand, thread, cord”).

Phrases

  • beta strand
  • do the strand
  • Hechtian strand
  • lagging strand
  • leading strand
  • Rosslare Strand
  • sense strand
  • single-strand binding protein
  • slut strand
  • strand tangantangan

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