different between sheath vs strand

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sheth, shethe (“holder for a sword, knife, etc., scabbard, sheath”) [and other forms], from Old English s??aþ (“sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz (“sheath; covering”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”) (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted). The English word is cognate with Danish skede, Dutch schede, Icelandic skeið, German Scheide, Low German scheed, Norwegian skjede.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA^(key): /?i??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?i?/
• Rhymes: -i??

Noun

sheath (plural sheaths)

1. A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
2. (by extension) Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.

   Synonyms: case, casing, cover, covering, envelope

3. (botany) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
4. (electrical engineering) The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
5. (entomology) One of the elytra of an insect.
6. (fashion) A tight-fitting dress.
7. (zoology) The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
8. (Britain, informal) A condom.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:condom

Derived terms

• leaf sheath
• myelin sheath
• sheathy

Related terms

• sheathe
• heliosheath
• resheath, resheathe
• unsheath, unsheathe

Translations

Etymology 2

A variant of sheathe.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sh?th, IPA^(key): /?i?ð/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ið/
• Rhymes: -i?ð

Verb

sheath (third-person singular simple present sheaths, present participle sheathing, simple past and past participle sheathed)

1. Alternative spelling of sheathe

   Antonym: unsheath

Derived terms

• ensheath, insheath
• resheath
• unsheath

References

Further reading

• sheath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sheath in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sheath in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• heaths

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /st?ænd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /st?ænd/, [st???nd]
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

From Middle English strand, strond, from Old English strand (“strand, sea-shore, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *strand? (“edge, rim, shore”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt- (“strand, border, field”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to broaden, spread out”). Cognate with West Frisian strân, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand, Norwegian Bokmål strand.

Noun

strand (plural strands)

1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
2. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
3. A small brook or rivulet.
4. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
5. A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).

Alternative forms

• strond (obsolete)

Translations

Verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

1. (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
3. (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.

   Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.

Synonyms

• (run aground): beach
• (leave someone in a difficult situation): abandon, desert

Translations

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain. Cognate with Scots stran, strawn, strand (“strand”). Perhaps the same as strand ("rivulet, stream, gutter"; see Etymology 1 above); or from Middle English *stran, from Old French estran (“a rope, cord”), from Middle High German stren, strene (“skein, strand”), from Old High German streno, from Proto-West Germanic *stren?, from Proto-Germanic *strinô (“strip, strand”), from Proto-Indo-European *str?y-, *ster- (“strip, line, streak, ray, stripe, row”); related to Dutch streen (“skein, hank of thread, strand, string”), German Strähne (“skein, hank of thread, strand of hair”).

Noun

strand (plural strands)

1. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
2. A string.
3. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

   strand of spaghetti

   strand of hair.

4. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
5. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
6. (figuratively) An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.

   strand of truth

   • 2004, David Wray, Literacy: Major Themes in Education, Taylor & Francis ?ISBN, page 78

     She responds to both questions in writing and checks her answer on the fact question. Her suspicions confirmed about the importance of the two names, Miranda vows to pay close attention to this strand of the story as she continues to read.

7. (genetics) A nucleotide chain.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:string

Derived terms

• do the strand

Translations

Note: many languages have particular words for “a strand of <substance>” that are different for each substance. The translations below refer to strands in general. You might find a more appropriate translation under the word for the substance itself.

Verb

strand (third-person singular simple present strands, present participle stranding, simple past and past participle stranded)

1. (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
2. (transitive) To form by uniting strands.

Anagrams

• Arndts, drants

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch strand, from Middle Dutch strant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strant/

Noun

strand (plural strande, diminutive strandjie)

1. beach

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse str?nd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stran/, [sd???n?]

Noun

strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)

1. beach
2. shore, seashore
3. seaside

Inflection

Derived terms

Verb

strand

1. imperative of strande

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /str?nt/
• Hyphenation: strand
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch strant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

strand n (plural stranden, diminutive strandje n)

1. beach, strand

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: strand

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

strand

1. first-person singular present indicative of stranden
2. imperative of stranden

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Strand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??tr?nd]
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

strand (plural strandok)

1. beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)
2. pool, swimming pool (an urban open-air facility with lawns, trees and several artificially constructed pools, used for summertime leisure)

Declension

Derived terms

• strandol
• strandos

(Compound words):

• strandcip?
• strandpapucs
• strandtáska

References

Further reading

• strand in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

From stranda (“to run aground”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /strant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

strand n (genitive singular strands, nominative plural strönd)

1. running aground, stranding

Declension

Middle English

Alternative forms

• strande
• stround, stronde, strond

Etymology

From Old English strand.

Noun

strand (plural strandes)

1. (chiefly Northern) beach, shoreline

Descendants

• English: strand
• Scots: strand
• Yola: sthroane

References

• “str??nd(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse str?nd

Noun

strand f or m (definite singular stranda or stranden, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)

1. a beach or shore

Derived terms

• nakenstrand
• sandstrand
• strande
• strandlinje

Etymology 2

Verb

strand

1. imperative of strande

References

• “strand” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse str?nd. Akin to English strand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /str?nd/, /str?n?/

Noun

strand f (definite singular stranda, indefinite plural strender, definite plural strendene)

1. a beach or shore

Derived terms

• nakenstrand
• sandstrand
• strande
• strandlinje

References

• “strand” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *strand?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /str?nd/

Noun

strand n

1. beach
2. shore

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: strand, strande
  • English: strand
  • Scots: strand
  • Yola: sthroane
• ? Old French: estrande, estran

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *strand? (“edge; shore”).

Noun

strand n

1. beach

Descendants

• Middle Low German: strand, strant m
  • Plautdietsch: Straunt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish strand, from Old Norse str?nd, from Proto-Germanic *strand?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)trAnt-.

Pronunciation

Noun

strand c

1. beach (not necessarily sandy)
2. shore

Declension

Related terms

References

• strand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)