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strand1 / strand/ • v. [tr.] drive or leave (a boat, sailor, or sea creature) aground on a shore: the ships were stranded in shallow water| [as adj.] (stranded) a stranded whale. ∎  leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere: they were stranded in St. Louis by the blizzard. • n. poetic/lit. the shore of a sea, lake, or large river: a heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand. strand2 • n. a single thin length of something such as thread, fiber, or wire, esp. as twisted together with others: a strand of cotton strands of grass. ∎  a string of beads or pearls. ∎  an element that forms part of a complex whole: Marxist theories evolved from different strands of social analysis.

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Strand

Strand, Western Cape/South Africa Van Ryneveld's Town, Somerset Strand, The Strand Founded in about 1850 and named after D. J. Ryneveld, a landowner and magistrate. Because Somerset West was only 2 miles (3 km) inland, the coastal town subsequently became popularly known as Somerset Strand. This was shortened to The Strand in 1918 and to Strand in 1937.

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strand.
1. A number of rope-yarns twisted together, ready to be laid up into a rope with other strands. A rope is said to be stranded when one of its strands is broken by too great a strain or worn too thin by chafing.

2. As a verb, it describes the state of a ship when it is driven ashore, or onto a shoal, usually by bad weather.

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strand1 (arch., dial.) land bordering the sea or other water. OE. strand = MLG. strant, -nd-, ON. strǫnd; of unkn. orig.
Hence strand vb. force on to a shore. XVII.

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strand2 one of the strings twisted together forming a rope or cord. XV (strond). of unkn. orig.

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