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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
strand
strand [strand strands stranded stranding] noun, verb BrE [strænd] NAmE [strænd]
noun
1. a single thin piece of thread, wire, hair, etc
•a strand of wool
•a few strands of dark hair
•She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.
2. one of the different parts of an idea, a plan, a story, etc
•We heard every strand of political opinion.
•The author draws the different strands of the plot together in the final chapter.
3. (literary or IrishE)the land along the edge of the sea or ocean, or of a lake or river
Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 3 Old English n. senses 1 to 2 late 15th cent.
Example Bank:
•He brushed a strand of hair from my face.
•She pushed a stray strand of hair out of her eyes.
•She tucked a strand of long dark hair behind her ear.
•She wove the four coloured strands together into a ribbon.
•There are three main strands to the policy.
•There are various strands in feminist thinking.
•a loose strand of hair
•He pulled at a loose strand of wool in his sweater.
•Thin strands of copper wire can be bent easily.
verb usually passive
1. ~ sb to leave sb in a place from which they have no way of leaving
•The strike left hundreds of tourists stranded at the airport.
2. ~ sth to make a boat, fish, ↑whale, etc. be left on land and unable to return to the water
•The ship was stranded on a sandbank.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
v. and n. sense 3 Old English n. senses 1 to 2 late 15th cent.
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