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strand

noun
  1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
    string
  2. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
  3. a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
    “We tried to pick up the strands of our former life.”
  4. a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
  5. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
    filamentfibril
verb
  1. bring to the ground
    groundrun aground
  2. drive (a vessel) ashore
  3. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
    maroon