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strand

English

🔊 line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
🔊 a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
“he tried to pick up the strands of his former life”
🔊 a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
🔊 a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
🔊 a necklace made by stringing objects together
“a string of beads”
🔊 a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
🔊 drive (a vessel) ashore
🔊 bring to the ground
“the storm grounded the ship”
🔊 leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
“the travellers were marooned”