English
rand
see also: Rand, RAND
Pronunciation Noun

rand (plural rands)

  1. (obsolete, now dialect) The border of an area of land, especially marshland.
  2. (obsolete, now dialect) A strip of meat; a long fleshy piece of beef, cut from the flank or leg; a sort of steak.
  3. (dialect) A border, edge or rim.
    At the wald's rand.
  4. A strip of leather used to fit the heels of a shoe.
  5. (basket-making) A single rod woven in and out of the stakes.
Noun

rand (plural rands)

  1. a rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand
  2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.
Translations
  • German: Rand
  • Portuguese: rand
  • Russian: ранд
Verb

rand (rands, present participle randing; past and past participle randed)

  1. (obsolete) To rant; to storm.
    • J. Webster
      I wept, […] and raved, randed, and railed.
Rand
Noun

rand (plural Rand)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of rand (the currency of south Africa)
Proper noun
  1. (South Africa) The Witwatersrand, a gold-mining geographic area also known as the Reef in the province of Gauteng, South Africa, of which the principal city is Johannesburg.
Proper noun
  1. Surname
RAND
Adjective

rand (not comparable)

  1. (legal) Initialism of reasonable and nondiscriminatory: a standard used with respect to licensing.
Related terms Proper noun
  1. Initialism of Research and Development: a nonprofit global policy think tank.


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