Definition
• | One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. |
• | To break a strand of (a rope). |
• | The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. |
• | To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. |
• | To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. |