Read the dictionary definition of strand. All definitions for this word.
1. a necklace made by stringing objects together
1. a string of beads
2. a strand of pearls
2. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
3. a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
1. he tried to pick up the strands of his former life
2. I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
4. a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
5. a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
6. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
7. bring to the ground
1. the storm grounded the ship
8. drive (a vessel) ashore
9. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
1. the travellers were marooned
