strand

CEFRB2

/stɹænd/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To leave someone or something unable to move or continue.

  2. 02

    noun

    A thin thread or piece of something twisted together.

Examples

  • He pulled at a loose strand of wool in his sweater.

  • She twisted a strand of hair around her finger.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [stɹeənd] ~ [stɹɛənd]
  • /stɹand/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. A small brook or rivulet.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.

  2. A street.

More examples

In context

  • You can feel the worm as a painful strand under the skin.

  • Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

  • Grand Strand

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

* From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-West Germanic *strand, from Proto-Germanic *strandō (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, German Strand (“beach”), Danish, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish strand (“beach”), Faroese strond (“beach”), Icelandic strönd (“beach”). * (street): Perhaps from the similarity of shape.