strands
Because it is a word with a single syllable, strands is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofstrands
- The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
Example: "Grand Strand"
- The shore or beach of a lake or river.
- A small brook or rivulet.
- A passage for water; gutter.
- A street (perhaps from the similarity of shape).
- To run aground; to beach.
- To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
Example: "Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair."
- Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
- A string.
- An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
Example: "strand of hair."
- A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
- A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
- An element in a composite whole; a sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
Example: "strand of truth"
- A nucleotide chain.
- To break a strand of (a rope).
- To form by uniting strands.
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