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strand
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verb
(= maroon)
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
the travellers were marooned
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noun
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
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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
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noun
(= string)
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
a string of beads
a strand of pearls
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noun
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
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verb
drive (a vessel) ashore
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verb
(= ground)
bring to the ground
the storm grounded the ship
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noun
(= fibril)
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
Strand
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noun
a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels