| Front | strand |
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| Back | noun, verbBrE /strænd/NAmE /strænd/ noun 1 a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etca strand of wool a few strands of dark hair She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck. 2 one of the different parts of an idea, a plan, a story, etcWe heard every strand of political opinion. The author draws the different strands of the plot together in the final chapter. 3 (literary or IrishE) the land along the edge of the sea or ocean, or of a lake or river verb [usually passive]1 ~ sb to leave sb in a place from which they have no way of leavingThe strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport. 2 ~ sth to make a boat, fish, whale, etc. be left on land and unable to return to the waterThe ship was stranded on a sandbank. |
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