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Meaning
Noun
●
The
shore
or
beach
of the
sea
or ocean.
●
In Regional English:
The
shore
or
beach
of a
lake
or river.
●
A small
brook
or rivulet.
●
In British English, Northern England English & Scottish English:
A
passage
for water; gutter.
●
A street.
●
Each of the
strings
which,
twisted
together,
make up
a
yarn
,
rope
or cord.
●
A string.
●
An individual
length
of any
fine
, string-like substance.
●
In Electronics:
A group of
wires
, usually
twisted
or braided.
●
In Broadcasting:
A
series
of
programmes
on a particular
theme
or
linked
subject.
●
An
element
in a
composite
whole; a
sequence
of
linked
events
or
facts
; a
logical
thread.
●
In Genetics:
A
nucleotide
chain.
Verb
●
In Nautical:
To
run aground
; to beach.
●
To
leave
(someone) in a
difficult situation
; to
abandon
or desert.
●
In Baseball:
To cause the
third
out of
an
inning
to be made,
leaving
a
runner
on base.
●
To
break
a
strand
of (a rope).
●
To form by
uniting
strands.
Name
●
A surname.
●
A
street
in Westminster
running
from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street.
●
An area
surrounding
the
street
in
central
London, Greater London, England.
●
A
municipality
of Rogaland, Norway.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
strand
English
strand
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Layer
Skein
Piece
Molecule
Knot
Clump
Helix
Nucleotide
Fragment
Braid
Rna
Wire
Branch
Line
Stem
Tangle
Dna
Chain
Section
Rope
Nucleotides
Tuft
Segment
Thread
Leaf
Sequence
Protein
Codon
Chromosome
Course
Subunit
Primer
Component
Class
Pattern
Gene
Mrna
Tapestry
Bead
Part
Spool
Sliver
Helices
Element
Genome
Coil
Topic
Overhand Knot
Darning Needle
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Rhymes
And
Fand
Band
Land
Sand
Rand
Hand
Aland
Shand
Stand
Aband
Brand
Gland
Grand
Bland
Strand
Manned
Fanned
Panned
Desand
Demand
Banned
Unhand
Expand
Repand
Remand
Tanned
Canned
Planned
Astrand
Offhand
Bestand
Scanned
Disband
Rebrand
Unmanned
Overhand
Withstand
Lotusland
Underhand
Unplanned
Reprimand
Understand
Contraband
Multiplicand
Lotus Land
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