strand

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"

line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable

a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)

a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels

leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

drive (a vessel) ashore

bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship"