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Definition of strand

Strand
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.
Strand
Strand Strand, v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
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.
Strand
Strand Strand, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope).
Strand
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. 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.

Meaning of strand from wikipedia

- Look up Strand or strand in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Strand or The Strand may refer to: The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a: Beach...
- When referring to DNA transcription, the coding strand (or informational strand) is the DNA strand whose base sequence is identical to the base sequence...
- In genetics, a sense strand, or coding strand, is the segment within double-stranded DNA that carries the translatable code in the 5′ to 3′ direction,...
- Death Stranding is a 2019 action game developed by Kojima Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It is the...
- genomes, consist of two strands of DNA called the heavy strand (or H-strand) and the light strand (or L-strand). The two strands have different m****es due...
- complementary strands. The double helix describes the appearance of a double-stranded DNA which is thus composed of two linear strands that run opposite...
- Ștrand is a residential district of Sibiu, Romania, located in the western part of the city. The district is located around the swimming pool complex of...
- Strand (or the Strand) is a major thoroughfare in the City of Westminster, Central London. The street, which is part of London's West End theatreland...
- Strand Street is one of the main streets in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa. It runs northwest-southeast through the centre from...
- Bonham Strand (Chinese: 文咸街) is a combination of two streets in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong: Bonham Strand (文咸東街) and Bonham Strand West (文咸西街). As the name...