Noun
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a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
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a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
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a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
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a necklace made by a stringing objects together
"a string of beads"
"a strand of pearls"
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line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
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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"
Verb
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bring to the ground
"the storm grounded the ship"
- run aground -
drive (a vessel) ashore
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leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
"the travellers were marooned"