1. v. & n.
--v.
1. tr. & intr. run aground.
2 tr. (as stranded adj.) in difficulties, esp. without money or means of transport.
--n. rhet. or poet. the margin of a sea, lake, or river, esp. the foreshore.
Etymology: OE 2. n. & v.
--n.
1. each of the threads or wires twisted round each other to make a rope or cable.
2 a a single thread or strip of fibre. b a constituent filament.
3 a lock of hair.
4 an element or strain in any composite whole.
--v.tr.
1. break a strand in (a rope).
2 arrange in strands.
Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.