Definition of "rand" in English

noun

1. The border of an area of land, now especially marshland.

   • at the wald's rand; the rand of the marsh
   • Outside the rand or steep edge of this dome the bog is permanently ringed around by a zone liable to base-rich flooding, and this zone, the lagg, carries a persistent fen or carr vegetation.

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. (UK, dialect, rare) A border, edge or rim; a strip, as of cloth.

   • They quarrelled an' fought 'mang the clippin's an' rands, / The tailor insistin' the colour was blue.

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

1. A rocky slope, especially the area over a river valley; specifically, the Rand

2. The currency of South Africa, divided into 100 cents.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To rant; to storm.

noun

1. (programming) A random number.