1. 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" 
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 necklace made by a stringing objects together
   "a strand of pearls"
   - chain, string 
4. A very slender natural or synthetic fibre
   - fibril, filament 
5. A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

1. Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
   - maroon 
2. Drive (a vessel) ashore 
3. Bring to the ground
   - ground, run aground

1. A street in west central London famous for its theatres and hotels

Derived forms: stranded, strands, stranding

See also: single-stranded

Type of: abandon, desert, desolate, fiber [US], fibre [Brit, Cdn], form, forsake, land, line, necklace, pattern, shape, shore, street

Part of: West End

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