strand
has definitions from the fields of theater,transportation,geography
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[ 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 |
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[ 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 . |
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[ noun ] a necklace made by a stringing objects together
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 . |
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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)
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