Noun

• S: (n) strand (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"
• S: (n) strand (line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable)
• S: (n) chain, string, strand (a necklace made by stringing objects together) "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"
• S: (n) fibril, filament, strand (a very slender natural or synthetic fiber)
• S: (n) strand (a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides))
• S: (n) Strand (a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels)

Verb

• S: (v) maroon, strand (leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue) "the travellers were marooned"
• S: (v) strand (drive (a vessel) ashore)
• S: (v) ground, strand, run aground (bring to the ground) "the storm grounded the ship"