strand
Nouns
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(n) 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
- (n) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
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(n) a necklace made by a stringing objects together
- a string of beads
- a strand of pearls";
- (n) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber fibril, filament,
- (n) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
- (n) a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
Verbs
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(v) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
- the travellers were marooned
- (v) drive (a vessel) ashore
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(v) bring to the ground
- the storm grounded the ship