Strand

noun

strænd

Noun

a necklace made by stringing objects together
“a strand of pearls”
Similar:Chain String
Type of:Necklace
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”
Type of:ShapePatternForm
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Similar:FibrilFilament
Type of:FiberFibre
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
Type of:Shore
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
Type of:Line
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

bring to the ground
Similar:Ground
Type of:Land
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
Similar:Maroon
Type of:DesolateAbandonDesert
drive (a vessel) ashore
Type of:Land