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strand

/strænd/

strandnoun

strands

/strænd/

Translations

прядь

She found a strand of hair on her sweater.

Она нашла прядь волос на своем свитере.

нить

He followed a strand of thought that led him to a new idea.

Он следовал нити мысли, которая привела его к новой идее.

берег

The ship was stranded on the strand after the storm.

Корабль оказался на берегу после шторма.

Additional translations

волокно

жила

цепь

Definitions

A single thin length of something such as thread, fiber, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

She carefully separated a strand of hair from the rest.

A shore or beach.

The children played on the sandy strand all afternoon.

A component of a complex whole, especially a sequence of DNA or RNA.

Scientists examined the DNA strand to understand the genetic makeup.

An aspect, element, or thread of a larger story, argument, plan, or process.

One strand of the investigation focused on fraudulent accounting.

Synonyms

strandverb

stranded

Past Simple

stranded

Past Participle

stranding

Gerund

/strænd/

Translations

застрять

The storm caused the ship to strand on the rocks.

Шторм заставил корабль застрять на скалах.

оставить в затруднительном положении

The sudden cancellation of the flight stranded many passengers at the airport.

Внезапная отмена рейса оставила многих пассажиров в затруднительном положении в аэропорту.

Additional translations

споткнуться

загнать в тупик

Definitions

To leave someone in a difficult or helpless situation, often without means of escape.

The storm stranded the hikers on the mountain overnight.

To drive or leave a boat, ship, or sea creature aground on a shore.

The captain accidentally stranded the ship on the sandbar.

To form or arrange (something) by twisting fibers, threads, or wires together.

The artisan stranded the thin wires into a stronger cable.

Synonyms

strandadjective

/strænd/

Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "single-strand DNA").

Definitions

Attributive. Relating to a single filament, wire, or nucleic-acid section used before another noun.

The test detects single-strand breaks in DNA.

strandproper noun

Definitions

A major thoroughfare in central London running from Trafalgar Square to Temple Bar, commonly referred to as "the Strand".

They booked a hotel on the Strand to be close to the West End theatres.