A complex of fibers or filaments that have been twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread, or yarn.
A single filament, such as a fiber or thread, of a woven or braided material.
A wisp or tress of hair.
Something that is plaited or twisted as a ropelike length: a strand of pearls; a strand of DNA.
One of the elements woven together to make an intricate whole, such as the plot of a novel.
To drive or run ashore or aground.
To bring into or leave in a difficult or helpless position: The convoy was stranded in the desert.
To separate (a grammatical element) from other elements in a construction, either by moving it out of the construction or moving the rest of the construction. In the sentence What are you aiming at, the preposition at has been stranded