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Word: strand (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
  • A string.
  • broadcasting A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  • now|_|poetic|_|or|_|archaic The flat area of land bordering a body of water; a beach or shore.
  • Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a rope or cord.
  • electronics A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.

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Proper noun:

  • a street in Westminster running from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street

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Verb:

  • baseball To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
  • regarding a vessel To run aground.
  • transitive To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.

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