Definitions for strands

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strands strand

Spelling: [strand]

IPA: /strænd/

Strands is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in strands (adnrsst).

Definitions for strands

noun

1. the land bordering the sea, a lake, or a river; shore; beach.
2. one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like.
3. a similar part of a wire rope.
4. a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers.
5. a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue.
6. a thread or threadlike part of anything:
7. a tress of hair.
8. a string of pearls, beads, etc.
9. Mark, 1934–2014, U.S. poet, born in Canada: U.S. poet laureate 1990–91.
10. Paul, 1890–1976, U.S. photographer and documentary-film producer.
11. the, a street parallel to the Thames, in W central London, England: famous for hotels and theaters.

verb (used with object)

1. to drive or leave (a ship, fish, etc.) aground or ashore:
2. (usually used in the passive) to bring into or leave in a helpless position:
3. to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
4. to break one or more strands of (a rope).

verb (used without object)

1. to be driven or left ashore; run aground.
2. to be halted or struck by a difficult situation:

Origin of strands

before 1000; Middle English (noun), Old English; cognate with Dutch strand, German Strand, Old Norse strǫnd; akin to strew

Examples for strands

He was seized by a creature and flung up on a strand where there seemed to be dwellings.

He fingered the strand on Young Pine's neck, making signs of friendship.

Later in the film, when she comes on wearing a strand of pearls, he snorts, “She looks like the queen.”

That's why Britain, as a nation, can't handle it when a strand is out of place.

He was recalling the conversation which had passed in the little room in the strand.

Then he moved from the fountain in the direction of the strand.

At the lower right corner, one can see that Level D is where the “guru” strand A3 finally met its demise.

Using standard methods, the cost of printing DNA could run upwards of a billion dollars or more, depending on the strand.

The war situation may make it necessary for me to strand it.'

The beads are also a risk in and of themselves if the strand breaks.