| Noun | 1. | 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 cableline - 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 fiberbarb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis 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 hotelsstreet - 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 | |
| Verb | 1. | strand - leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue; "the travellers were marooned" | |