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-1 n. கடலோரம், ஏரிக்கரை, ஆற்றங்கரை, (வினை.) கப்பல் வகையில் தரைதட்டு, இக்கட்டுட்படுத்து, முடைப்படுத்து, தனியே துணையின்றி விட்டுச்செல்.-2 n. புரியிழை, முறுக்கிழை, உட்கூறு, கூட்டின் ஓர் ஆக்கக்கூறு, (வினை.) அவிழ், ஒரு புரியைப் பிரித்தெடு.
Strand, n. Etym: [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] Defn: One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. Strand, v. t. Defn: To break a strand of (a rope). Strand, n. Etym: [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd.] Defn: The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. Strand birds. (Zoöl.) See Shore birds, under Shore. -- Strand plover (Zoöl.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. -- Strand wolf (Zoöl.), the brown hyena. Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.] Defn: To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. Strand, v. i. Defn: To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. Strand, n. Etym: [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. strähne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] Defn: One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. Strand, v. t. Defn: To break a strand of (a rope). Strand, n. Etym: [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. strönd.] Defn: The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. Strand birds. (Zoöl.) See Shore birds, under Shore. -- Strand plover (Zoöl.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. -- Strand wolf (Zoöl.), the brown hyena. Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.] Defn: To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. Strand, v. i. Defn: To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.