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strands

/strændz/

Translations

strandnoun

strands

/strænd/

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

Synonyms

strandverb

strands

stranded

Past Simple

stranded

Past Participle

stranding

Gerund

/strænd/

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.

застрять

The storm caused the ship to strand on the rocks.

Шторм заставил корабль застрять на скалах.

Additional translations

споткнуться

загнать в тупик

Synonyms

Definitions

strandnoun

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.

strandverb

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.