STRAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Strand mean? 

• STRAND (noun)
  The noun STRAND has 6 senses:

1. a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

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

3. a necklace made by stringing objects together

4. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber

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

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

  Familiarity information: STRAND used as a noun is common.

• STRAND (verb)
  The verb STRAND has 3 senses:

1. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

2. drive (a vessel) ashore

3. bring to the ground

  Familiarity information: STRAND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously

Hypernyms ("strand" is a kind of...):

form; pattern; shape (a perceptual structure)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("strand" is a kind of...):

line (something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strand"):

ply (one of the strands twisted together to make yarn or rope or thread; often used in combination)

rope yarn (the strands out of which ropes are made)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A necklace made by stringing objects together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chain; strand; string

Context example:

a strand of pearls

Hypernyms ("strand" is a kind of...):

necklace (jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A very slender natural or synthetic fiber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

fibril; filament; strand

Hypernyms ("strand" is a kind of...):

fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strand"):

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)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("strand" is a kind of...):

shore (the land along the edge of a body of water)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

street (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings)

Holonyms ("Strand" is a part of...):

West End (the part of west central London containing the main entertainment and shopping areas)

• STRAND (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they strand    ... he / she / it strands   
Past simple: stranded   
Past participle: stranded   
-ing form: stranding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

maroon; strand

Context example:

the travellers were marooned

Hypernyms (to "strand" is one way to...):

abandon; desert; desolate; forsake (leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Drive (a vessel) ashore

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "strand" is one way to...):

land (bring ashore)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bring to the ground

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

ground; run aground; strand

Context example:

the storm grounded the ship

Hypernyms (to "strand" is one way to...):

land (bring ashore)

Cause:

ground; run aground (hit or reach the ground)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Cocaine causes these changes through modifications of histones, the structural supports around which long DNA strands are wound to make chromosomes.

(What Causes Cocaine Addiction, NIH, US)

Alkylating agents exhibit cytotoxic effects through the alkylation of DNA, resulting in strand cross-linking, ultimately inhibiting DNA replication and cancer cell growth.

(Antineoplastic Alkylating Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also binds to topoisomerase II, resulting in DNA strand breaks and inhibition of DNA repair.

(Mitoxantrone, NCI Thesaurus)

Researchers revealed how nucleotides damaged by oxidative stress become inserted into DNA strands and block DNA Repair mechanisms.

(Structural Snapshots of Damaged DNA, NIH)

Having a DNA sequence complementary to that of a messenger RNA molecule; the non-coding strand in double-stranded DNA.

(Antisense Orientation, NCI Thesaurus)

“We decided we should have this reaction occur outside of the body in a plant, an example of the ‘green liver’ concept,” Stuart Strand, Ph.D. explained.

(Common Houseplant with Genetic Modification Can Remove Polluted Air, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Methoxyamine covalently binds to apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) DNA damage sites and inhibits base excision repair (BER), which may result in an increase in DNA strand breaks and apoptosis.

(Methoxyamine, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the anti-single stranded DNA IgG antibody in a biological specimen.

(Anti-Single Stranded DNA IgG Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

“Thank you,” said Holmes, “I only wished to ask you how you would go from here to the Strand.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Amonafide intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, resulting in DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) and inhibition of DNA replication and RNA synthesis.

(Amonafide L-Malate, NCI Thesaurus)