1. Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
   "The climber clung to a single strand of the frayed rope"
    
2. A very slender natural or synthetic fibre
   "Collagen strands provide strength to connective tissues";
   - fibril, filament
    
3. 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"
    
4. A necklace made by stringing objects together
   "a strand of pearls";
   - chain, string
    
5. A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
   "We walked along the lonely strand at sunset"

1. Leave somewhere without a means of travel
   "the travellers were stranded";
   - maroon
    
2. Drive (a vessel) ashore
   "The storm stranded several boats on the beach"
    
3. Bring to the ground
   "the storm stranded the ship";
   - ground, run aground

1. A major street in London's West End, known for its theatres, hotels and historic buildings
   "We saw a play at one of the theatres on the Strand"

Derived forms: stranded, strands, stranding

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

Part of: West End, West End of London

Encyclopedia: Strand, Rogaland