strand
n 1: 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"
2: a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together
to form a thread or a rope or a cable
3: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
of beads" or "a strand of pearls" [syn: {chain}, {string}]
4: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: {fibril}, {filament}]
5: a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered
and uncovered by the tides)
6: a street in west central London famous for its theaters and
hotels [syn: {Strand}]
v : leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon
[syn: {maroon}]