Main entry: chain, strand, string
Definition: a necklace made by a stringing objects together
Usage: a string of beads; a strand of pearls;
Main entry: strand
Definition: line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
Main entry: strand
Definition: a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
Usage: he tried to pick up the strands of his former life; I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously
Main entry: Strand
Definition: a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
Main entry: strand
Definition: a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
Main entry: fibril, filament, strand
Definition: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Main entry: ground, run aground, strand
Definition: bring to the ground
Usage: the storm grounded the ship
Main entry: strand
Definition: drive (a vessel) ashore
Definition: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
Usage: the travellers were marooned