The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.

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.

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.

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.

A nucleotide chain.

To break a strand of (a rope).

To form by uniting strands.