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strand
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)
- The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
- (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
- A small brook or rivulet.
- (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
- 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)
- (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
- (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- (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)
- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
- strand of spaghetti
- strand of hair.
- (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- (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.
- (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)
- (transitive) To break a strand of (a rope).
- (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)
- beach
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse str?nd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stran/, [sd???n?]
Noun
strand c (singular definite stranden, plural indefinite strande)
- beach
- shore, seashore
- seaside
Inflection
Derived terms
Verb
strand
- 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)
- beach, strand
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: strand
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
strand
- first-person singular present indicative of stranden
- imperative of stranden
Hungarian
Etymology
From German Strand.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??tr?nd]
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
strand (plural strandok)
- beach (a sandy shore of a body of water used for summertime leisure, swimming, suntanning)
- 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)
- running aground, stranding
Declension
Middle English
Alternative forms
- strande
- stround, stronde, strond
Etymology
From Old English strand.
Noun
strand (plural strandes)
- (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)
- a beach or shore
Derived terms
- nakenstrand
- sandstrand
- strande
- strandlinje
Etymology 2
Verb
strand
- 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)
- 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
- beach
- 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
- 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
- beach (not necessarily sandy)
- shore
Declension
Related terms
References
- strand in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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scrim
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
Attested since the end of the 18th century. Origin unknown.
In one of the earliest mentions, "The Statistical Account of Scotland", 1793, by John Sinclair, page 593, we read in a paragraph devoted to weavers: "Besides these, they are now much employed in working a thin kind of coarse linen called Silesias, vulgarly Scrims, whereof each piece is 27 or 30 inches broad".
Noun
scrim (countable and uncountable, plural scrims)
- A kind of light cotton or linen fabric, often woven in openwork patterns, -- used for curtains, etc,.
- A large military scarf, usually camouflage coloured and used for concealment when not used as a scarf.
- A woven, nonwoven or knitted fabric composed of continuous strands of material used for reinforcing or strengthening membranes.
- (theater) A theater drop that appears opaque when a scene in front is lighted and transparent or translucent when a scene in back is lighted.
- (photography) A sheet of gauze etc. used to reduce the intensity of light.
- Thin canvas glued on the inside of panels to prevent shrinking, checking, etc.
Translations
Verb
scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)
- (photography) To use a scrim.
Etymology 2
From scrimmage.
Noun
scrim (plural scrims)
- (online gaming) A practice match between one or more organized teams usually in preparation for a more competitive format, such as a tournament.
- 2016, Blog of Legends, "The Gap hasn’t closed: Comparing the LCS and LCK at Worlds":
- As a team, the players decided to focus less on streaming (a major source of income) and more on in-house scrims, VOD review and practice, hoping to become a better team.
- 2016, Blog of Legends, "The Gap hasn’t closed: Comparing the LCS and LCK at Worlds":
Verb
scrim (third-person singular simple present scrims, present participle scrimming, simple past and past participle scrimmed)
- (online gaming) To participate in a scrim.
- 2016, The Inquirer, "The EE Blog: EternalEnvy Accuses Former Team, Team Secret, of Delayed Payments and Monetary Indiscretion":
- Accusations of him drinking instead of scrimming with the team, not attending practices at all and playing guitar instead of scrimming surfaced.
- 2016, The Inquirer, "The EE Blog: EternalEnvy Accuses Former Team, Team Secret, of Delayed Payments and Monetary Indiscretion":
Anagrams
- CMIRs, Crims, crims
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