1. strand(n = noun.cognition) - 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"
is a kind of form, pattern, shape
2. strand(n = noun.artifact) - line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable;
is a kind of line
has particulars: ply, rope yarn
3. strand(n = noun.artifact) chain, string - a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"
is a kind of necklace
4. strand(n = noun.substance) fibril, filament - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber;
is a kind of fiber, fibre
has particulars: barb, cobweb, gossamer, chromatid, myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle, rhizoid, hypha, paraphysis
5. strand(n = noun.object) - a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides);
is a kind of shore
6. strand(n = noun.location) - a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels;
is a kind of street
is a part of west end
1. strand(v = verb.possession) maroon - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
is one way to abandon, desert, desolate, forsake
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
2. strand(v = verb.motion) - drive (a vessel) ashore;
is one way to land
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
3. strand(v = verb.motion) ground, run aground - bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"
is one way to land
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. [1913 Webster]
To break a strand of (a rope). [1913 Webster]
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. [1913 Webster]
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. [1913 Webster]
strand, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. run aground.
2 tr. (as stranded adj.) in difficulties, esp. without money or means of transport.
--n. rhet. or poet. the margin of a sea, lake, or river, esp. the foreshore.
strand, n. & v.
--n.
1 each of the threads or wires twisted round each other to make a rope or cable.
2 a a single thread or strip of fibre. b a constituent filament.
3 a lock of hair.
4 an element or strain in any composite whole.
--v.tr.
1 break a strand in (a rope).
2 arrange in strands.
Etymology:
ME: orig. unkn.
N filament, line, fiber, fibril, funicle, vein, hair, capillament, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili, tendril, gossamer, hair stroke, veinlet, venula, venule, wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute, strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving, beard, ramification, strand, filamentous, filamentiferous, filaceous, filiform, fibrous, fibrillous, thread-like, wiry, stringy, ropy, capillary, capilliform, funicular, wire-drawn, anguilliform, flagelliform, hairy, taeniate, taeniform, taenioid, venose, venous.
N land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma, continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese, delta, tongue of land, neck of land, isthmus, oasis, promontory, highland, coast, shore, scar, strand, beach, playa, bank, lea, seaboard, seaside, seabank, seacoast, seabeach, ironbound coast, loom of the land, derelict, innings, alluvium, alluvion, ancon, riverbank, river bank, levee, soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot, rock, crag, acres, real estate, landsman, earthy, continental, midland, coastal, littoral, riparian, alluvial, terrene, landed, predial, territorial, geophilous, ripicolous, ashore, on shore, on land.