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strind

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /stɹaɪnd/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A ditch or water-channel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A long straggling branch; a spur at the end of a pea-stick.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A small stream, streamlet; a trickle of water, the run of spilt liquid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Lineage, descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, Scotland

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The tread (chalaza) of an egg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England, Scotland

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noun

Meaning 6

A string; a thread or strand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Northern-England

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verb

Meaning 7

To run or flow in a very small stream; to trickle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

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verb

Meaning 8

To eject in a small stream; to squirt, spray; to allow to trickle or dribble in small quantities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland

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History

Etymology

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”).