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"Strand" Definition

noun

A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn.
A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.
A wisp or tress of hair.
One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel.
Something that is plaited or twisted as a ropelike length: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA.

verb

To run, drive, or cause to drift onto a strand run aground.
To leave in a or an unfavorable place especially without funds or means to depart.
To leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning in baseball.
To become .
To break a strand of (a rope) accidentally.

verb-transitive

Baseball To leave (a base runner) on base at the end of an inning.
Linguistics To separate (a grammatical element) from other elements in a construction, either by moving it out of the construction or moving the rest of the construction. In the sentence What are you aiming at, the preposition at has been stranded.
To break a strand of (a rope, for example).
To bring into or leave in a difficult or helpless position: The convoy was stranded in the desert.
To drive or run ashore or aground.

verb-intransitive

To be brought into or left in a difficult or helpless position.
To be driven or run ashore or aground.

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