strand

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Synonyms 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.3 See also 5 Hungarian 5.1 Noun 6 Middle English 6.1 Alternative spellings 6.2 Etymology 6.3 Noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Synonyms 8 Old English 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 9 Swedish 9.1 Pronunciation 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Inflection 9.3 See also

[edit] English

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  Rhymes: -ænd

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From Middle English strand < Old English strand.

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strand (plural strands)

1. A beach.
2. A string.
3. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

   strand of spaghetti

   strand of hair.

4. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.

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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.

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to strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

1. (transitive) To run aground.
2. (transitive) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
3. (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.

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• (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert

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strand

1. beach

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strand c (singular indefinite en strand, singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande, plural definite strandene)

1. beach

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• sandstrand, (part of beach right by the water) strandbred

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strand n. (plural stranden, diminutive strandje)

1. beach

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• zandstrand

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strand

1. beach
2. open-air bath

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• stround

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From Old English strand.

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strand (plural strandes)

1. a beach or shoreline

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strand m. and f. (definite singular stranda/stranden; indefinite plural strander; definite plural strandene)

1. beach

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• sandstrand

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[edit] Old English

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Akin to Old Norse strönd.

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strand n.

1. beach

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strand c.

1. beach

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Inflection for strand	Singular		Plural
Common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	strand	stranden	stränder	stränderna
Genitive	strands	strandens	stränders	strändernas

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• sandstrand