Strand - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|strænd|
Brit.
|strænd|
noun
- a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
- a necklace made by stringing objects together (syn: chain, string)
- 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
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 cableI could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
- a necklace made by stringing objects together (syn: chain, string)
a strand of pearls
- a very slender natural or synthetic fiber (syn: fibril, filament)- 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
verb
- leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue (syn: maroon)
- drive (a vessel) ashore
- bring to the ground (syn: ground)
- drive (a vessel) ashore
- bring to the ground (syn: ground)
Extra examples
The sailors took command of the ship by force from the captain, and stranded him on a desert island.
A rope will be stranded without producing the slightest effect.
Time has stranded her black hair with grey.
He reached out and brushed a strand of hair away from her face.
Plato draws all the strands of the argument together.
RNA minus strand
RNA plus strand
I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
Conan Doyle's stories ran in 'The Strand' magazine.
Word forms
noun
singular: strand
plural: strands
singular: strand
plural: strands
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