adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + strand. ] Stranded. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope. ] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To break a strand of (a rope). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd. ] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strand birds. (Zool.) See Shore birds, under Shore. --
Strand plover (Zool.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. --
Strand wolf (Zool.), the brown hyena. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding. ] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. [ 1913 Webster ]