strand has definitions from the fields of theater,transportation,geography
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[ verb ] leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

Synonyms

maroon

Examples

"the travellers were marooned"

Used in print

(Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)

One had_to believe_in final events or one was stranded in the abyss of nothing .

Related terms

abandon maroon

2
[ noun ] a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

Examples

"he tried to pick up the strands of his former life" "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"

Used in print

(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)

Into the texture of this tapestry of history and human drama Henrietta , as every artist delights to do , wove strands of her own intuitive insights into human nature and - especially in the remarkable story of the attraction and conflict between two so disparate and fervent characters as this pair - into the relations of men and women : `` In their relations , she was the giver and he the receiver , nay the demander .

Related terms

form

3
[ noun ] line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

I ducked just as the first strand broke somewhere down the line and came whipping over the sideboards .

Related terms

line rope_yarn ply

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[ noun ] a necklace made by a stringing objects together

Synonyms

string chain

Examples

"a string of beads" or "a strand of pearls"

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

The man wore a vest and a tie , the woman had_on a dark green dress and three strands of pearls .

Related terms

necklace string

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3473
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[ noun ] (geography) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

Related terms

shore

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[ noun ] a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Synonyms

filament fibril

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[ noun ] (theater,transportation,geography) a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

Related terms

street West_End

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