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# strand

noun (a strand, strands); verb (strand, strands, stranded, stranding)

«strand» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A strand is a single thin thread, hair or wire, or one of several twisted together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#m1)
2. A strand is one part of a story, plan or argument. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#m2)
3. To strand someone means to leave them stuck somewhere with no way to leave; they are stranded. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#m3)
4. (literary) A strand is a beach or the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science, DNA is made of two strands twisted into a double helix, and ropes are made of strands. In stories, characters get stranded on desert islands or at airports. In school subjects, a course can have several strands (for example the number strand in maths). Whales sometimes strand themselves on beaches.

### Examples

- A strand of hair fell across her face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x1)
- The rope is made of three strands twisted together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x2)
- DNA has two strands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x3)
- The storm stranded us at the airport overnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x4)
- The sailors were stranded on a desert island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x5)
- A whale was stranded on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x6)
- The book weaves several strands into one story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x7)
- At that moment a young pike suddenly jumped out of the water and fell on the strand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/#x8)

### Note

Countable noun. Stranded is the common adjective: stranded on an island. A strand of hair is one hair; strands of spaghetti. The Strand is also a famous street in London.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «strand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strand/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«strand» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/strand.html) on Mova free.