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WIKTIONARY
strand
Noun
∙
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
∙
The shore or beach of a lake or river.
poetic, archaic or regional
∙
A small brook or rivulet.
∙
A passage for water; gutter.
Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland
Verb
∙
To run aground; to beach.
transitive, nautical
∙
To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
transitive, figuratively
∙
To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
transitive, baseball
Noun
∙
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
∙
A string.
∙
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
∙
A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
electronics
∙
A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
broadcasting
∙
A sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
figuratively
∙
A nucleotide chain.
genetics
Verb
∙
To break a strand of (a rope).
transitive
Strand
Proper noun
∙
A street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street