Strand vs False - What's the difference?
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The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
The shore or beach of a lake or river.
A small brook or rivulet.
A passage for water; gutter.
(nautical) To run aground; to beach.
(figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
(baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
A string.
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
(electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
(broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
( genetics) A nucleotide chain.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun strand
is .As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.strand
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) strand, strond, from (etyl) . Cognate with West Frisian straun, Dutch strand, German Strand, Danish strand, Swedish strand.Noun
(en noun)- Grand Strand
Verb
(en verb)- Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
Synonyms
* (run aground) beach * (leave someone in a difficult situation) abandon, desertEtymology 2
Origin uncertain. Cognate with (etyl) stran, strawn, .Noun
(en noun)- strand of spaghetti
- strand of hair .
- strand of truth
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* do the strandfalse
English
Adjective
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