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[n] a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads" or"a strand of pearls"
[n] line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
[n] 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"
[n] a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
[n] a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
[n] a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
[v] leave stranded; put ashore on a desolate island and abandon