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Strand

Daily Post #7

 

For January's Monthly Scavenger Hunt.

 

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strand

n.

1. A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn.

2.

a. A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.

b. A wisp or tress of hair.

3. Something that is plaited or twisted as a ropelike length: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA.

4. One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel.

tr.v. strand·ed, strand·ing, strands

1. To make or form (a rope, for example) by twisting strands together.

2. To break a strand of (a rope, for example).

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