STRAND

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

2.
v.

To break a strand of (a rope).

3.
n.

The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. Strand birds. (Zoöl.) See Shore birds, under Shore. -- Strand plover (Zoöl.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. -- Strand wolf (Zoöl.), the brown hyena.

4.
v.

To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

5.
v.

To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

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