Definitions of strand:

• noun:   line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
• noun:   a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

  Example: "He tried to pick up the strands of his former life"

• noun:   a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels
• noun:   a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
• noun:   a necklace made by a stringing objects together

  Example: "A strand of pearls"

• noun:   a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
• verb:   leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3473)