strand

Etymology 1

 * From, , from , from , from , from , from . Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.
 * Perhaps from the similarity of shape.

Noun

 * 1) The shore or beach of the sea or ocean.
 * 2)  The shore or beach of a lake or river.
 * 3) A small brook or rivulet.
 * 4)  A passage for water; gutter.
 * 5) A street.
 * 1) A small brook or rivulet.
 * 2)  A passage for water; gutter.
 * 3) A street.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: бряф,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: strando
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: sandstrond
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αἰγιαλός, ῥηγμίν
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: trá
 * Italian:, ,
 * Javanese:
 * Latvian: pludmale
 * Macedonian: брег, пла́жа, кра́јбрежје
 * Malay:
 * Maori: tātahi, tuaone, tāhuna, onetai
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pláž
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1)  To run aground; to beach.
 * 2)  To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  To leave an element (e.g., an adposition) without its object.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ajaa karille
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:, spiaggiare
 * Maori: whakapae, whakakukū
 * Old English: *strandian
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak: uviaznúť (na plytčine)
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: jättää heitteille,
 * French:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: whakamahue, whakarere
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, бросить на произвол судьбы, оставить в беде,
 * Slovak: opustiť
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:

Etymology 2
Origin. Cognate with 🇨🇬,,. Perhaps the same as "rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above; or from, from , from , , from , from , from , from , ; related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare also 🇨🇬, modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
 * 2) A string.
 * 3) An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
 * 4)  A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
 * 5)  A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
 * 6)  An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
 * strand of truth
 * 1)  A nucleotide chain.
 * 1)  An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
 * strand of truth
 * 1)  A nucleotide chain.
 * 1)  A nucleotide chain.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:string

Translations
''Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of ” 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.''


 * Bulgarian: нищка
 * Esperanto: kablero
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: ни́шка
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: kanoi, kāwiriwiri,, whenu, kāwai, mimire, hotahota
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Tarifit: ẓeṭṭu


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: ко́нче
 * Maori: kanoi
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak: vlákno, žila
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:


 * Belarusian: пасма
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 一綹頭髮
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ;
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تاڵ
 * Laki:
 * Macedonian: пе́рче, ки́чер
 * Persian:, , ترنه
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: prameň vlasov
 * Spanish: pequeño mechón ,
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish: juonne ;


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To break a strand of (a rope).
 * 2)  To form by uniting strands.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * Macedonian: усу́кува
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) beach

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) beach
 * 2) shore, seashore
 * 3) seaside

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) beach, strand

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) beach a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning
 * 2) pool, swimming pool an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) running aground, stranding

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  beach, shoreline

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) a beach or shore

Etymology
From. Akin to 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a beach or shore

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) beach
 * 2) shore
 * 3) * c. 990, , "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 4
 * "ang"

- Witodlīce on ǣrne merġen sē Hǣlend stōd on þām strande; ne ġecnēowon þēah ðā leorningcnihtas þæt hit sē Hǣlend wæs.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) beach (not necessarily sandy)
 * 2) shore

Usage notes
More strongly associated with beaches compared to English shore, but works as a general word for shore when context is provided. Swedish often prefers phrases with instead, for example "Vi seglade mot land" (We sailed toward the shore) and "in mot land" (into shore – "in toward land"). See also for example.