STRAND

/stɹænd/ ► audio Scrabble 7 Words With Friends 8

Scrabble letter values: S1T1R1A1N1D2 = 7

Definition

  1. verb leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue. — synonyms: maroon
  2. verb drive (a vessel) ashore.
  3. verb bring to the ground. — synonyms: ground, run_aground
  4. noun a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.
  5. noun line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.
  6. noun a necklace made by stringing objects together. — synonyms: chain, string
  7. noun a very slender natural or synthetic fiber. — synonyms: fibril, filament
  8. noun a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides).
  9. noun a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels.

Examples

  • “the travellers were marooned”
  • “the storm grounded the ship”
  • “he tried to pick up the strands of his former life”

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