strand

noun

1
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
2
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
3
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
4
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
he tried to pick up the strands of his former life
I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
5
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
6
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

1
bring to the ground
the storm grounded the ship
2
drive (a vessel) ashore
3
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
the travellers were marooned

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