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