strand
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3.1
- noun
- /strænd/
- Moonlight silvers the spider web, and for a moment its strands seem to fill the room.
- a strand of hair
- DNA strand
- single strand
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Watch on YouTubeIt's quite it's much shiny like the strand I've straightened.
- It's quite it's much shiny like the strand I've straightened.
- Filament fibers are just one long skinny strand intact.
- So I'm going to pull down some strands of hair.
- We looked at them with with curvelets to extract long, long strands.
- Rain comes straight down in dense strands that cover the street with rain froth.
- They do have a big old badonk and they spew little strands from their butt.
Examples
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Every piece of hair is added one strand at a time to the wax model.
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We found strands of brown hair in the back seat of your husband's car.
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I got a strand of hair from his jacket.
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I think I see your hair strand!
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"Yes," Linda said, brushing away a few strands of hair that had fallen over her face.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her face was white and damp; strands of hair were pasted across her forehead.
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I found a single strand of hair on the floor of the salon.
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She carefully attached each strand of thread to the sewing machine.
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A strand of yarn fell off the shelf and rolled across the floor.
Synonyms
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1.0
Thin strands that grow from the skin of people or animals, especially on the head
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3.0
A thin thread used to make cloth or yarn
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1.0
A thin cord used to tie or fasten things
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1.0
A thin, flexible length of twisted fibers used for tying things
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1.0
A thin piece of hair
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3.0
A thin line that looks like smoke or light
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5.7
A very thin thread found in cells or silk
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5.1
A layer of material like cloth, wood, or yarn
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7.2
Made from a single thin continuous strand, like a fishing line
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9.5
A very thin thread inside body tissue or made by people
A long thin thread of tissue in animals or plants
A very small thread that gives support and strength to plants or tissues
A thin string used to tie packages and food
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.4
A thin part inside a plant stem or leaf that carries water and food to the cells
- South African
A wild animal like a hyena that eats dead animals and lives in southern Africa
How Thick
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strand for a single thin thread is easy to imagine: think of a tiny string — an old word for a long, stretched piece of material — so a strand is one thin length of fiber.