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strand

2  [strand]
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–noun
1. one of a number of fibers, threads, or yarns that are plaited or twisted together to form a rope, cord, or the like.
2. a similar part of a wire rope.
3. a rope made of such twisted or plaited fibers.
4. a fiber or filament, as in animal or plant tissue.
5. a thread or threadlike part of anything: the strands of a plot.
6. a tress of hair.
7. a string of pearls, beads, etc.
–verb (used with object)
8. to form (a rope, cable, etc.) by twisting strands together.
9. to break one or more strands of (a rope).
Origin:
1490–1500; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
strandless, adjective
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Word Origin & History

strand  (n.1)
"shore," O.E. strand, from P.Gmc. *strandas (cf. Dan., Swed. strand "beach, shore, strand," O.N. strönd "border, edge, shore," M.L.G. strant, Ger. Strand, Du. strand "beach"), perhaps from PIE base *ster- "to stretch out." Strictly, the part of a shore that lies between the tide-marks. Formerly also used of river banks, hence the London street name (1246).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: strand
Pronunciation: 'strand
Function: noun
: something (as a molecular chain) resembling a thread strand of DNA>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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