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astrand

/əˈstɹænd/

astrand adjective: resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft).

Adjective

astrand (not comparable)

  1. Resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft)
    • […] I had news by the Chirurgeon, how that my Ships-company that betook themselvs to flight with the Shallop were run astrand on the Scemkal or Dagestan Coast, a Countrey butting out against the Caspian Sea.1671, “The Copy of a Narrativ, Sent from Capt. D. Butler,”, in John Morrison, transl., The Perillous and Most Unhappy Voyages of John Struys, London: Samuel Smith, published 1683, page 373
    • As the tall ship, whose lofty prore
      Shall never stem the billows more,
      Deserted by her gallant band,
      Amid the breakers lies astrand,—1810, Walter Scott, “Canto VI. The Guard-room.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and...
    Synonyms:
    aground

astrand meaning in Tamil

astrand in Tamil

கரைமீது, அடிநலமீது

Examples of astrand in a sentence

  • There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 47, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […]...
  • […] he slipped and lay face down in the running stream and was hauled astrand.1932, Robinson Jeffers, “Margrave”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, published 1938, page 374:

Synonyms of astrand

Origin of astrand

From a- + strand.

Words that rhyme with astrand

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Questions about astrand

What does astrand mean?
Astrand means resting on the bed of a body of water rather than floating; on or onto a shore or beach. (of a watercraft).
What is astrand in Tamil?
Astrand in Tamil is கரைமீது, அடிநலமீது. See Astrand meaning in Tamil.
How do you use astrand in a sentence?
There were some boats and barges astrand in the mud,
What part of speech is astrand?
Astrand is an adjective.
How do you pronounce astrand?
Astrand is pronounced /əˈstɹænd/.

Words near astrand in the dictionary

  1. astral-projected
  2. astral-projecting
  3. astral-projects
  4. astrally
  5. astrals
  6. astrand
  7. astrantia
  8. astrantias
  9. Astrape
  10. astraphobe
  11. astraphobes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: astrand (page history and authors); astrand (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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