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.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.