Definition of strands Strands
/stɹæˈndz/ - [strandz] -
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What does strands mean?
Wiktionary 
- strands (Noun)
Plural of strand.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: strands |
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| strand - line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| ply (usually in combinations) one of several layers of cloth or paper or wood as in plywood | ||
| strand - a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels | ||
| 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" | ||
| strand - a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) | ||
| strand - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | ||
| fibril, filament | ||
| fibre, fiber a leatherlike material made by compressing layers of paper or cloth | ||
| barb one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | ||
| gossamer, cobweb a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture | ||
| chromatid one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis | ||
| myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber | ||
| rhizoid any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc | ||
| hypha any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus | ||
| strand - a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; | ||
| chain, string | ||
| necklace jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women) | ||
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| strand - drive (a vessel) ashore | ||
| land reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" | ||
| strand - bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" | ||
| ground, run aground | ||
| land reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" | ||
| strand - leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" | ||
| maroon | ||
| forsake, desert, desolate, abandon leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period" | ||
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Wiktionary
- strand (Noun)
The flat area of land bordering a body of water; a beach or shore. - strand (Noun)
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord. - strand (Noun)
A string. - strand (Noun)
An individual length of any fine, string-like substance. - strand (Noun)
A group of wires, usually twisted or braided. - strand (Noun)
A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject. - strand (Verb)
To run aground ; to beach. - strand (Verb)
To leave someone in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert. - strand (Verb)
To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base. - strand (Verb)
To break a strand of a rope.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- strand (n.)
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. - strand (v. t.)
To break a strand of (a rope). - strand (n.)
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. - strand (v. t.)
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. - strand (v. i.)
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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strand
Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a rope or cord.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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strand
strand, n. the margin or beach of the sea or of a lake: (Scot.) a rivulet, a gutter.—v.t. to run aground: to be stopped.—v.i. to drift or be driven ashore.—p.adj. Strand′ed, driven on shore: left helpless without further resource. [A.S. strand; Ger. strand, Ice. strönd, border.] -
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strand, n. one of the strings or parts that compose a rope.—v.t. to break a strand: to form by uniting strands. [Dut. streen, a skein; Ger. strähne.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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strand
touron, one of the twists, or divisions, of which a rope is composed. See the articles ROPE and CABLE. -
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also implies the sea-beach: hence a ship is said to be stranded when she has run a-ground on the sea-shore.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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strand
A number of rope-yarns twisted together; one of the twists or divisions of which a rope is composed. The part which passes through to form the eye of a splice. Also, a sea-margin; the portion alternately left and covered by tides. Synonymous with beach. It is not altered from the original Anglo-Saxon.
