A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole.

Roget 342: land, earth, ground, dry land, terra firma.    continent, mainland, peninsula, chersonese [Fr.], delta; tongue of land, neck of land; isthmus, oasis; promontory etc. (projection) 250; highland etc. (height) 206.    coast, shore, scar, strand, beach; playa; bank, lea; seaboard, seaside, seabank^†, seacoast, seabeach^†; ironbound coast; loom of the land; derelict; innings; alluvium, alluvion^†; ancon.    riverbank, river bank, levee.    soil, glebe, clay, loam, marl, cledge^†, chalk, gravel, mold, subsoil, clod, clot; rock, crag.    acres; real estate etc. (property) 780; landsman^†.    ... show more

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

A necklace made by stringing objects together:
— A strand of pearls.

synonyms: chain, string.

Dutch: karakterreeks, snaarinstrumenten, keten

A very slender natural or synthetic fiber.

synonyms: fibril, filament.

Roget 205: filament, line; fiber, fibril; funicle^†, vein; hair, capillament^†, cilium, cilia, pilus, pili; tendril, gossamer; hair stroke; veinlet^†, venula^†, venule^†.    wire, string, thread, packthread, cotton, sewing silk, twine, twist, whipcord, tape, ribbon, cord, rope, yarn, hemp, oakum, jute.    strip, shred, slip, spill, list, band, fillet, fascia, ribbon, riband, roll, lath, splinter, shiver, shaving.    beard etc. (roughness) 256; ramification; strand.    ... show more

Dutch: fibrillen

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

Dutch: strand

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

Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue.

synonym: maroon.

Dutch: falen, stranden, vastlopen

Drive (a vessel) ashore.

Bring to the ground.

synonyms: ground, run aground.

Dutch: omhooglopen