2. Verb. (third-person singular of strand) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strands
1. strand [v] - See also: strand
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strands
Literary usage of Strands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The lateral strands which are usually so delicate that they cannot be recognized
by the naked eye always form spans, connecting the adjacent main strands ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1886)
"In beginning a braid, tie a string around one end of the strands and fasten it
to any convenient object, such as a hook in the wall or a door-knob, ..."
3. Materials of Construction: Their Manufacture and Properties by Adelbert Philo Mills (1922)
"The wires in the strands and the strands in the rope are twisted in the same ...
In ordinary rope all the wires in the various strands are of the same size ..."
4. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Most, if not all, of the tracheary elements present within strands are ...
Phloem has not been observed in bark strands of the species examined to date. ..."
5. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1917)
"cut out a few inches of the heart and insert the ends of the strands in its place
in the centre of the rope. When a splice is to be served, the latter way ..."
6. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1910)
"Note that this splice is made by working always to the right, the strands of
A (long strands) being all worked into B. A Long Splice in Wire. Figs. ..."
7. Public School Methods (1921)
"I.) In this manner loop the remaining strands on to the pencil. ... Leaving one
strand on the left edge, knot the second and third strands. ..."
Other Resources:
Ido