strand
Noun
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is a type of: line - something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible
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is a type of: necklace - jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women)
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is a type of: fiber, fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarnsubtypes:
- barb - one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
- cobweb, gossamer - filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
- chromatid - one of two identical strands into which a chromosome splits during mitosis
- myofibril, myofibrilla, sarcostyle - one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber
- rhizoid - any of various slender filaments that function as roots in mosses and ferns and fungi etc
- hypha - any of the threadlike filaments forming the mycelium of a fungus
- paraphysis - a sterile simple or branched filament or hair borne among sporangia; may be pointed or clubbed
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is a type of: shore - the land along the edge of a body of water
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is an instance of: street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildingsis a part of: west end - the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas
Verb
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is a type of: abandon, desert, desolate, forsake - leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurchsame as: maroon
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is a type of: land - bring ashore
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causes: ground, run aground - hit or reach the groundis a type of: land - bring ashoresame as: ground, run aground
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