Found 3 items, similar to strand.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: strand pantai
English → English (WordNet) Definition: strand strand n 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”; [syn: chain, string] 4: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament] 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 v : leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; “the travellers were marooned” [syn: maroon]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Strand Strand \Strand\, n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. str["a]hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. [1913 Webster] Strand \Strand\, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope). [1913 Webster] Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str["o]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Strand birds. (Zo["o]l.) See Shore birds, under Shore. Strand plover (Zo["o]l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. Strand wolf (Zo["o]l.), the brown hyena. [1913 Webster] Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. [1913 Webster] Strand \Strand\, v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. [1913 Webster]