strands
noun
- 1
The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
“Grand Strand”
- 2
The shore or beach of a lake or river.
- 3
A small brook or rivulet.
- 4
A passage for water; gutter.
- 5
A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).
verb
- 1
To run aground; to beach.
- 2
To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- 3
To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
“Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.”
noun
- 1
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- 2
A string.
- 3
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
“strand of hair.”
- 4
A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- 5
A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- 6
An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
“strand of truth”
- 7
A nucleotide chain.
verb
- 1
To break a strand of (a rope).
- 2
To form by uniting strands.
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