strand
5
8.4
- noun
- /strænd/
- Archaic
:
orilla
- Your deeds speak for themselves... and will continue to do so... from the shores of the pacific... to the arctic, from the coasts of Europe to the distant strands of Asia.
Examples
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For now we stand on Jordan's strand, our friends are passing over...
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I walk along a broken strand with the sea restless beside me.
Fiction book (1995) -
Right here, right on the strand.
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Out into the sun with you now, you'll find him below on the strand.
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Boys, your name'll be in lights from the rock bottom coast of Maine... to the sunny strands of California.
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The three skateboard down the strand, Jason and Chris with their surfboards and suits.
Fiction book (1998) -
I followed her north along the strand where she'd spotted a few seals basking on a jutting rock.
Fiction book (2001) -
Four large pelicans rise from the strand, like mushrooms, huddling on the darkening beach like hoodlums.
Fiction book (1997) -
Across that strand of yours the cattle graze Up to their bellies in an early mist And now they turn their unbewildered gaze To where we work our way through squeaking sedge Drowning in dew.
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The beach is a beautiful strand where families come to enjoy the sun and surf.
Synonyms
506
1.0
The land beside the sea or ocean
441
1.0
Land at the edge of a sea or lake
60
1.4
The line where the land meets the sea
48
2.7
The line where land meets water like a sea, lake or river
14
1.0
Land at the edge of the sea with sand or rocks
1
1.1
Land next to the sea or ocean
1
3.4
Land next to water like a lake or sea
1
3.4
An area of land next to a body of water
Antonyms
Compounds
- South African
A wild animal like a hyena that eats dead animals and lives in southern Africa
- Specialized
A thin part inside a plant stem or leaf that carries water and food to the cells
How Wide
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strand meaning shore comes from an old word for the line where water meets land, and you can still see this in German and Dutch Strand, which means 'beach'.