strand

noun

1.
a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole
2.
line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
manstows twire
3.
a necklace made by stringing objects together
swirebigh chain string
4.
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber
harl fibril filament
5.
a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)
seafarth