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strands

/strændz/

strandnoun

strands

/strænd/

Traductions

brin

She carefully separated a strand of hair from the rest.

Elle a soigneusement séparé un brin de cheveux du reste.

plageSurtout au sens littéraire ou régional de « rivage / grève ».

The children played on the sandy strand all afternoon.

Les enfants ont joué sur la plage de sable tout l’après-midi.

Traductions supplémentaires

filAu sens figuré : élément d’un récit, d’un raisonnement ou d’un processus.

Définitions

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.

Synonymes

strandverb

strands

stranded

Past Simple

stranded

Past Participle

stranding

Gerund

/strænd/

Traductions

échouerPour un bateau, un navire ou un animal marin immobilisé sur le rivage.

The captain accidentally stranded the ship on the sandbar.

Le capitaine a accidentellement échoué le navire sur le banc de sable.

échouerAu sens de laisser quelqu’un ou quelque chose bloqué sans possibilité de repartir.

The storm stranded the hikers on the mountain overnight.

La tempête a échoué les randonneurs sur la montagne pour la nuit.

Traductions supplémentaires

torsaderEn technique : réunir des fibres, fils ou fils métalliques par torsion.

Définitions

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.

Synonymes

strandadjective

Définitions

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

Définitions

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.