rand

CEFRC1

/ɹænd/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The basic unit of money in South Africa.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.

Examples

  • Tom believes the philosophy of Ayn Rand is truly objective.

  • Rand Paul is a self-certified ophthalmologist.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Also pronounced

  • [ɹʷeənd] ~ [ɹʷɛənd]
  • /ˈɹɐnt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.

  2. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.

  3. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.

More examples

In context

  • They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue.

  • at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh

  • Outside the rand or steep edge of this dome the bog is permanently ringed around by a zone liable to base-rich flooding, and this zone, the lagg, carries a persistent fen or carr vegetation.

Quick test

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Origin

noun

From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *rand, from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind.