From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strand \Strand\, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str["o]nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Strand birds. (Zool.) See Shore birds, under Shore.
Strand plover (Zool.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover.
Strand wolf (Zool.), the brown hyena. [1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strand \Strand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. [1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strand \Strand\, v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. [1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strand \Strand\, n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. str[aum]hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. [1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Strand \Strand\, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope). [1913 Webster]