strand

Meanings

• 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"
• line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
• a necklace made by a stringing objects together
  • "a strand of pearls"
• a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
• a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
• a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
• leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
• drive (a vessel) ashore
• bring to the ground

Synonyms

chain, fibril, filament, ground, maroon, run aground, string