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English noun: strand | |||
| 1. | strand (cognition) a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole | ||
| Samples | He tried to pick up the strands of his former life. I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | form, pattern, shape | ||
| 2. | strand (artifact) line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ply, rope yarn | ||
| 3. | strand (artifact) a necklace made by a stringing objects together | ||
| Samples | A string of beads. A strand of pearls. | ||
| Synonyms | chain, string | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | necklace | ||
| 4. | strand (substance) a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | ||
| Synonyms | fibril, filament | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fiber, fibre | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barb, chromatid, cobweb, gossamer, hypha, myofibril, myofibrilla, paraphysis, rhizoid, sarcostyle | ||
| 5. | strand (object) a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shore | ||
| 6. | Strand (location) a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels | ||
| Instance hypernym | street | ||
| Part meronym | West End | ||
English verb: strand | |||
| 1. | strand (possession) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | ||
| Samples | The travellers were marooned. | ||
| Synonyms | maroon | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abandon, desert, desolate, forsake | ||
| 2. | strand (motion) drive (a vessel) ashore | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | land | ||
| 3. | strand (motion) bring to the ground | ||
| Samples | The storm grounded the ship. | ||
| Synonyms | ground, run aground | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | land | ||
| Cause | ground, run aground | ||
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