STRAND


Meaning of STRAND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ strænd ]

( strands, stranding, stranded)

1.

A strand of something such as hair, wire, or thread is a single thin piece of it.

She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.

...high fences, topped by strands of barbed-wire...

N-COUNT : usu N of n

2.

A strand of a plan or theory is a part of it.

There had been two strands to his tactics...

He’s trying to bring together various strands of radical philosophic thought.

= element

N-COUNT

3.

If you are stranded , you are prevented from leaving a place, for example because of bad weather.

The climbers had been stranded by a storm...

VERB : be V-ed

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