strand
/ˈstɹænd/ sustantivo C2En español: hebra, filástica, estoperol, pequeño mechón
- 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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There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought.
“American Exchange, Strand—to be left till called for.
“Thank you,” said Holmes, “I only wished to ask you how you would go from here to the Strand.”
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.
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