strand in WordNet English dictionary

1. a necklace made by a stringing objects together
   "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
   chain  string  strand 
   
2. a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
   fibril  filament  strand 
   
3. line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
   strand 
   
4. 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"
   strand 
   
5. a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
   strand 
   

1. bring to the ground
   "the storm grounded the ship"
   ground  strand  run aground 
   
2. leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
   "the travellers were marooned"
   maroon  strand 
   
3. drive (a vessel) ashore
   strand