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strands

noun

Meaning

  1. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
  2. The shore or beach of a lake or river.
  3. A small brook or rivulet.
  4. A passage for water; gutter.
  5. A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).
  6. To run aground; to beach.
  7. To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
  8. To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
  9. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  10. A string.
  11. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
  12. A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
  13. A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
  14. An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
  15. To break a strand of (a rope).
  16. To form by uniting strands.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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