strand
/ˈstɹænd/ noun C2- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance. · strand of spaghetti· strand of hair
- A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread. · strand of truth
- A nucleotide chain.
- A specialization of a senior high school track.
Plural strands
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The girls had discovered that if the flat were pushed off from the landing place it would drift down with the current under the bridge and finally strand itself on another headland lower down which ran out at a curve in the pond.
Into this hansom you will jump, and you will drive to the Strand end of the Lowther Arcade, handing the address to the cabman upon a slip of paper, with a request that he will not throw it away.
“Strand postmark, and dispatched ten thirty-six,” said Holmes, reading it over and over.
The last that the porter saw of them, they were almost running down the street in the direction of the Strand.
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