strand
/strænd/
verb
- To leave someone in a difficult or helpless position, without a way to leave or get help.
- Her car broke down and stranded her on the highway.
- The airline strike stranded thousands of passengers at the airport.
- The storm stranded the hikers on the mountain for two days.
- To cause a boat, ship, or sea creature to be stuck on land or in shallow water.
- The low tide stranded the fishing boat on the sandbar.
- The captain accidentally stranded the ship on a reef.
- A whale stranded itself on the beach and had to be rescued.
Antonyms
noun
- A single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, or other material.
- She found a long strand of hair on her pillow.
- The necklace was made of a single strand of pearls.
- He pulled a loose strand of thread from his shirt.
- One of the parts that together form a story, idea, or situation.
- The novel weaves together several different strands of plot.
- One important strand of the argument is about fairness.
- We need to follow each strand of evidence carefully.
- A beach or shore, especially a part of a coast.
- They walked along the strand as the sun set.
- The old lighthouse stood on a rocky strand.
- The children played on the sandy strand all afternoon.