English dictionary
strand
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
noun
- line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
noun
- a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
noun
- a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
noun
- a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
verb
- bring to the ground
verb
- drive (a vessel) ashore
verb
- leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
Example sentences
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
he tried to pick up the strands of his former life
I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
the storm grounded the ship
the travellers were marooned