noun
1 single thread, hair, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ thick , thin
▪ loose , stray
▪
She pushed a stray ~ of hair out of her eyes.
▪ single
VERB + STRAND
▪ twirl , twist , weave
▪
She wove the four ~s together into a ribbon.
▪ twist together , weave together
▪
She wove the four ~s together into a ribbon.
▪ tuck
▪
She tucked a ~ of long dark hair behind her ear.
▪ brush , brush away , push , push away
▪
He brushed a ~ of hair from my face.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
a loose ~ of hair
2 one part of a story, idea, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ important , main
▪ different , disparate , various
▪
At the end, all the different ~s of the story are brought together.
▪ distinct , individual , separate
VERB + STRAND
▪ bring together , draw together , pull together , weave together
▪ disentangle , separate , unravel
STRAND + VERB
▪ come together
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
There are three main ~s to the policy.
▪ ~ in , ~ within
▪
There are various ~s in feminist thinking.
PHRASES
▪ ~s of opinion , ~s of thought