"rand" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rand.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rands [plural]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: From Middle English rand, from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), from Proto-Germanic *randaz, *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”). Cognate with Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”). Related to rind. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rand}} Middle English rand, {{inh|en|ang|rand|t=edge, border, margin, rim, shore}} Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, shore”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*randaz}} Proto-Germanic *randaz, {{m|gem-pro|*randō|t=edge, rim, crust}} *randō (“edge, rim, crust”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*rem-|t=to rest, prop or support oneself}} Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to rest, prop or support oneself”), {{cog|nl|rand|t=edge, border, outskirts, rim}} Dutch rand (“edge, border, outskirts, rim”), {{cog|de|Rand|t=edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts}} German Rand (“edge, border, margin, rim, outskirts”), {{cog|sv|rand|t=rand, stripe, edge, verge}} Swedish rand (“rand, stripe, edge, verge”), {{m|en|rind}} rind Head templates: {{en-noun}} rand (plural rands)
  1. (obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Geography
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-1-KHL-US Disambiguation of Geography: 11 14 6 4 22 5 14 19 5
  2. (obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak. Tags: dialectal, obsolete Categories (topical): Geography, Meats
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-x0xZN5OJ Disambiguation of Geography: 11 14 6 4 22 5 14 19 5 Disambiguation of Meats: 6 28 3 6 13 4 18 9 12
  3. (dialect) A border, edge or rim. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-5Q6JAEwl
  4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-RVOTUI0H
  5. (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes. Categories (topical): Crafts, Geography
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-~KKd~4EG Disambiguation of Crafts: 8 10 6 8 21 8 22 12 7 Disambiguation of Geography: 11 14 6 4 22 5 14 19 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 19 6 2 24 3 12 16 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɹænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rand.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rands [plural], rand [plural]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: Named after Witwatersrand; the last element is Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), from Dutch rand, from Old Saxon rand, from Germanic *randaz. Compare Etymology 1, and Rand. Etymology templates: {{der|en|af|rand||ridge}} Afrikaans rand (“ridge”), {{der|en|nl|rand}} Dutch rand, {{der|en|osx|-}} Old Saxon Head templates: {{en-noun|s|rand}} rand (plural rands or rand)
  1. A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand Translations (a rocky slope): склон (sklon) [masculine] (Bulgarian), zbocze [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-xtbcB2mV Disambiguation of 'a rocky slope': 96 4
  2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents. Categories (topical): Crafts, Currencies, Footwear, Geography Categories (place): South Africa Translations (numismatics of South Africa): rand (Afrikaans), رَانْد (rand) [masculine] (Arabic), ранд (rand) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 蘭特 (Chinese Mandarin), 兰特 (lántè) (Chinese Mandarin), rand [common-gender] (Danish), Rand [masculine] (German), ραντ (rant) [neuter] (Greek), रेंड (reṇḍ) (Hindi), ランド (rando) (Japanese), 랜드 (raendeu) (Korean), rand (Malay), rand [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), rand [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), rand [masculine] (Polish), rand [masculine] (Portuguese), ранд (rand) [masculine] (Russian), randi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-7AQOCRqt Disambiguation of Crafts: 8 10 6 8 21 8 22 12 7 Disambiguation of Currencies: 5 7 2 1 11 3 62 8 2 Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 7 0 24 0 4 42 3 19 Disambiguation of Geography: 11 14 6 4 22 5 14 19 5 Disambiguation of South Africa: 0 0 0 0 0 1 99 0 0 Disambiguation of 'numismatics of South Africa': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɹænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rand.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rands [plural]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: Shortened from random. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|random|notext=1}} random Head templates: {{en-noun}} rand (plural rands)
  1. (programming) A random number. Categories (topical): Programming, Crafts, Geography
    Sense id: en-rand-en-noun-E8mqbXmS Disambiguation of Crafts: 8 10 6 8 21 8 22 12 7 Disambiguation of Geography: 11 14 6 4 22 5 14 19 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /ɹænd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rand.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rands [present, singular, third-person], randing [participle, present], randed [participle, past], randed [past]
Rhymes: -ænd Etymology: See rant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|rant}} rant Head templates: {{en-verb}} rand (third-person singular simple present rands, present participle randing, simple past and past participle randed)
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To rant; to storm. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-rand-en-verb-wlMTGWhD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
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