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strand (enc)

Strand

Noun1.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"
pattern, form, shape - a perceptual structure; "the composition presents problems for students of musical form"; "a visual pattern must include not only objects but the spaces between them"
2.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 - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible; "a washing line"
ply - one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination; "three-ply cord"; "four-ply yarn"
rope yarn - the strands out of which ropes are made
3.strand - a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
4.strand - a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
cobweb, gossamer - filaments from a cobweb
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
paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated solid substance
5.strand - a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
shore - the land along the edge of a body of water
6.Strand - a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
West End - the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
Verb1.strand - leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned"
desert, desolate, forsake, abandon - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

 

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