What is the meaning of Strand?

noun

• A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.
  • usage: "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.
  • usage: "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
  • synonyms: chain, string
• A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.
  • synonyms: fibril, filament
• 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.

verb

• Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.
  • usage: "the travellers were marooned"
  • synonyms: maroon
• Drive (a vessel) ashore.
• Bring to the ground.
  • usage: "the storm grounded the ship"
  • synonyms: ground, run aground