3 entries under this word
[A-S., Ger., D., Dan., & Sw. strand, Icel. strönd, strind.]
Sense 1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean, or of a large lake, and rarely of a navigable river.
Sense 2. One of the twists or parts of which a rope is composed.
[imp. & p. p. STRANDED; p. pr. & vb. n. STRANDING.]
Sense 1. To drive or run aground on a shore or strand, as a ship.
Sense 2. To break one of the strands of, as a rope.
v. i. To drift or be driven on shore; to run aground; as, a ship strands at high water.