strands

[Strand]

A street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

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One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

Noun
a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

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; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously"

Noun
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

Noun
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

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Noun
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Verb
leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"


n.
One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

v. t.
To break a strand of (a rope).

n.
The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

v. t.
To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

v. i.
To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.


Strand

Strand , n. [Probably fr. D. streen a skein; akin to G. str'84hne a skein, lock of hair, strand of a rope.] One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

Strand

Strand, v. t. To break a strand of (a rope).

Strand

Strand, n. [AS. strand; akin to D., G., Sw., & Dan. strand, Icel. str'94nd.] The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. Chaucer. Strand birds. (Zo'94l.) See Shore birds, under Shore. -- Strand plover (Zo'94l.), a black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover. -- Strand wolf (Zo'94l.), the brown hyena.

Strand

Strand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stranded; p. pr. & vb. n. Stranding.] To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

Strand

Strand , v. i. To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.

To break a strand of (a rope).

The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river.

To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.

To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.

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The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand.

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