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strind

/stɹaɪnd/

strind noun: a ditch or water-channel.

Noun (1)

strind (plural strinds)

  1. (Northern England) A ditch or water-channel.
  2. (Northern England) A long straggling branch; a spur at the end of a pea-stick.
  3. (Scotland) A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.

Verb

strind (third-person singular simple present strinds, present participle strinding, simple past and past participle strinded)

  1. (Scotland) To run or flow in a very small stream; to trickle.
  2. (Scotland) To eject in a small stream; to squirt, spray; to allow to trickle or dribble in small quantities.

Noun (2)

strind (plural strinds)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) Lineage, descent.
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) The tread (chalaza) of an egg.

Noun (3)

strind (plural strinds)

  1. (Northern England) A string; a thread or strand.

Forms of strind

Noun
pluralstrinds
alternative formstrine
alternative formstryne
Verb
third-person singular presentstrinds
present participlestrinding
past participlestrinded
paststrinded

Origin of strind

From Middle English strind, strend, strund, from Old English *strynd, related to Old Norse strind (“edge, side, land”).

From Middle English strind, from Old English strȳnd, strīend. Related to strain.

Uncertain. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk strind (“string”).

Questions about strind

What does strind mean?
Strind means a ditch or water-channel.
What part of speech is strind?
Strind can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce strind?
Strind is pronounced /stɹaɪnd/.
What is the plural of strind?
The plural of strind is strinds.

Words near strind in the dictionary

  1. strimmer
  2. strimmers
  3. strimming
  4. strims
  5. Strinati's cave salamander
  6. strind
  7. Strindbergian
  8. strinding
  9. strinds
  10. Strine
  11. Strines

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