see|Strand
English

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-strand.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænd|-ænd

Etymology
Old English strand

Noun
rfc-level|Noun at L4+ not in L3 POS section
en-noun

1. a beach
2. A string
3. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

#:strand of spaghetti
#:strand of hair.

1. (electric) a group of wires, usually twisted or braided.

Translations
trans-top|beach
Danish: strand c
Estonian: rand
Finnish: ranta
German: Strand m
trans-mid
Norwegian: strand m
Spanish: playa f
Swedish: strand c
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trans-top|short string
Finnish: säie, jänne
German: Strang m
trans-mid
Spanish: hebra f
Telugu: ప��� (pOgu)
trans-bottom

trans-top|strand of hair
German: Strähne f
trans-mid
Spanish: pequeño mechón m
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Note: many languages have particular words for �a strand of <substance>� 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.

mid

Transitive verb
en-verb

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

Translations
run aground
See run aground

trans-top|leave someone in a difficult situation
Finnish: jättää heitteille, hylätä
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Afrikaans

Noun
strand

1. beach

Category:Afrikaans nouns

Danish

Noun
no-noun-irreg|c|stranden|strande|strandene

1. beach

Synonyms
sandstrand, (part of beach right by the water) strandbred

Dutch

Noun
strand n (plural: stranden, diminutive: strandje)

1. beach

See also
zandstrand

Hungarian

Noun
strand

1. beach
2. open-air bath

Category:Hungarian nouns

Norwegian

Noun
no-noun-irreg|c|stranda/stranden|strender|strendene

1. beach

Synonyms
sandstrand

Old English

Etymology
Akin to Old Norse strönd

Noun
strand n

1. beach

Category:Old English nouns

Swedish

Noun
strand c

1. beach

Inflection
sv-noun|gender=Common|strand|stranden|stränder|stränderna|strands|strandens|stränders|strändernas

See also
sandstrand

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