Strand - English meaning

noun

A strip of land covered with sand, shingle, or small stones at the edge of a body of water, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks.

Usage examples:

Fabulous sandy beaches

verb

A pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks.

Usage examples:

Fabulous sandy beaches

noun

A flat, sloping area of sand or small stones beside the sea or a lake

Usage examples:

Let’s go to the beach.

noun

The part of the land adjoining or near the sea.

Usage examples:

The west coast of africa

verb

(of a person or vehicle) move easily without using power.

Usage examples:

They were coasting down a long hill

noun

The land next to or close to the sea

Usage examples:

We lived on the southeast coast of florida., he coasted to a stop., she coasted through her senior …

noun

A thread or filament from which a vegetable tissue, mineral substance, or textile is formed.

Usage examples:

The basket comes lined with natural coco fibres

noun

A thread-like part made from plants or artificial material which can be made into products

Usage examples:

Natural fibres such as cotton tend to be cooler., artificial/man-made/synthetic fibre(s), they use …

noun

Any of the thread-like parts that form plant or artificial material and can be made into cloth

Usage examples:

The fibres are woven into fabric.

noun

A small or slender fibre.

Usage examples:

Each muscle fibre is subdivided into smaller fibrils

noun

A thread-like structure of living tissue, such as those found in muscle

Usage examples:

Collagen fibrils in smooth muscle probably play an important role in intercellular transmission of …

noun

A slender threadlike object or fibre, especially one found in animal or plant structures.

Usage examples:

Each myosin filament is usually surrounded by 12 actin filaments

noun

A thin thread or wire, esp. the wire inside a light bulb

noun

A thin thread or fibre of natural or artificial material

Usage examples:

Toothbrushes should be replaced when the filaments become worn., glass/silk filaments

noun

The part of a shore between high- and low-water marks, or between the water and cultivated or developed land.

Usage examples:

Public art will soon feature on the water tank on the foreshore at bluff point.

noun

The part of the land next to the sea that is between the limits reached by high and low tide, or any part of this land that does not have grass or buildings on it

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

The measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object.

Usage examples:

The delta is twenty kilometres in length

combining form

Reaching up to or down to the place specified.

Usage examples:

Knee-length

noun

The measurement of something from end to end or along its longest side, or a measurement of a particular part of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] a length of rope, [ u ] the boat is 20 feet in length., [ u ] the length of the poem was 30 l…

adjective

Relating to or situated on the shore of the sea or a lake.

Usage examples:

The littoral states of the indian ocean

noun

A region lying along a shore.

Usage examples:

Irrigated regions of the mediterranean littoral

adjective

The part of a river, lake, or sea close to the land

Usage examples:

The littoral zone covers the region between high and low tide., the five littoral caspian countries…

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

A beach by the sea, especially at a fashionable resort.

Usage examples:

This summer, heart-warming scenes like the above are being played out across the plages and dance f…

noun

A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.

Usage examples:

Tiles that have a black pvc ply in the lamination

verb

Work steadily with (a tool).

Usage examples:

A tailor delicately plying his needle

noun

A layer of something such as wood or paper, or a thread that is wrapped with other threads to form yarn (= wool cord) or rope

Usage examples:

Two-ply facial tissue, new buses plied the city's bus routes this week., extreme-sports athletes pl…

noun

A loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, river beds, the seabed, and deserts.

Usage examples:

This magical coast boasts mile upon mile of golden sand

verb

Smooth or polish with sandpaper or a mechanical sander.

Usage examples:

Mask off the area to be painted and sand it down

phrase

Large flat areas of sand near the sea

Usage examples:

Golden sands miles of golden sands, we spent every weekend playing on the sands at langland bay., i…

noun

A region bordering the sea; the coastline.

Usage examples:

The eastern seaboard of the united states

noun

A country's area of land next to the sea

Usage examples:

The eastern seaboard

noun

An area of sandy, stony, or rocky land bordering and level with the sea.

Usage examples:

Rising sea levels are particularly problematic where seashores are nearly flat.

noun

The land at the edge of the sea

noun

A place by the sea, especially a beach area or holiday resort.

Usage examples:

A day at the seaside

noun

A place near the ocean or sea

Usage examples:

A seaside resort

noun

The land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.

Usage examples:

I made for the shore

verb

Support or hold up something with props or beams.

Usage examples:

Rescue workers had to shore up the building, which was in danger of collapse

verb

Archaic past of shear.

noun

The line along which a large body of water meets the land.

Usage examples:

He walked along the shoreline

noun

The edge of the sea, a lake, or a wide river

Usage examples:

Most of the shoreline is swamp.

noun

Material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length.

Usage examples:

Unwieldy packs tied up with string

verb

Short for stringboard.

noun

A thin length of cord

Usage examples:

[ u ] a piece of string, guitar strings are made from steel or nylon., violins, cellos, and double …

noun

A long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibres used in sewing or weaving.

Usage examples:

He had a loose thread on his shirt

verb

Pass a thread through the eye of (a needle) or through the needle and guides of (a sewing machine).

Usage examples:

I can't even thread a needle

verb

A fine cord of twisted fibers used in sewing and weaving

noun

A part of a town that borders the sea or a lake or river.

Usage examples:

Liverpool's waterfront

noun

A part of a town next to an area of water such as a lake, a river, or the ocean

noun

The edge of or area adjoining a sea, lake, or river.

Usage examples:

A waterside hotel

noun

An area of land near a river, lake, or sea

Usage examples:

They're building a new sports complex on the waterside., a waterside café