You can make 77 words from strand according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of strand
strand
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /stɹænd/
(General American) IPA(key): /stɹænd/, [stɹɛənd]
Rhymes: -ænd
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishstrand, strond, from Old Englishstrand(“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic*strand, from Proto-Germanic*strandō(“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European*(s)trAnt-(“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European*ster-(“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisianstrân, Dutchstrand, GermanStrand, Danishstrand, Swedishstrand, Norwegian Bokmålstrand, Icelandicströnd.
(street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.
Noun
strand (pluralstrands)
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
(poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
A small brook or rivulet.
(British dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
A street.
Alternative forms
strond(obsolete)
Translations
Verb
strand (third-person singular simple presentstrands, present participlestranding, simple past and past participlestranded)
(transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
(transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
(transitive, 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
(run aground):beach
(leave someone in a difficult situation):abandon, desert
Translations
Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scotsstran, strawn, strand(“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English*stran, from Old Frenchestran(“a rope, cord”), from Middle High Germanstren, strene(“skein, strand”), from Old High Germanstreno, 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 Dutchstreen(“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), GermanSträhne(“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”). Compare also Old High Germanstranga(“strand of hair”), modern GermanStrang(“strand, thread, cord”).
Noun
strand (pluralstrands)
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.
strand of spaghetti
strand of hair
(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
(figurative) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
strand of truth
(genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:string
Derived terms
Translations
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.
Verb
strand (third-person singular simple presentstrands, present participlestranding, simple past and past participlestranded)
From Middle Dutchstrant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
strandn (pluralstranden, diminutivestrandjen)
beach, strand
Derived terms
Descendants
Afrikaans: strand
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
strand
inflection of stranden:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Hungarian
Etymology
From GermanStrand.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʃtrɒnd]
Rhymes: -ɒnd
Noun
strand (pluralstrandok)
beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)
pool, swimming pool (an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure)
Declension
Derived terms
strandol
strandos
(Compound words):
strandcipő
strandpapucs
strandtáska
References
Further reading
strand in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
From Old Swedishstrand, from Old Norsestrǫnd, from Proto-Germanic*strandō, from Proto-Indo-European*(s)trAnt-.
Pronunciation
Noun
strandc
beach (not necessarily sandy)
shore
Usage notes
More strongly associated with beaches compared to English shore, but works as a general word for shore when context is provided. Swedish often prefers phrases with land(“land”) instead, for example "Vi seglade mot land" (We sailed toward the shore) and "in mot land" (into shore – "in toward land"). See also for example i land(“ashore”).