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a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads; a strand of pearls;
(noun) strand
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
(noun) strand
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
(noun) strand
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
(noun) fibril, filament, strand
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
(verb) ground, run aground, strand
bring to the ground
the storm grounded the ship
(verb) strand
drive (a vessel) ashore
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
the travellers were marooned