Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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filament | Yes | No | No | No |
strand | Yes | No | Yes | No |
filament (noun) | strand (noun) |
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a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current | a necklace made by stringing objects together |
a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) | line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable |
the stalk of a stamen | a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole |
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber | a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides) |
a very slender natural or synthetic fiber |
filament (verb) | strand (verb) |
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bring to the ground | |
drive (a vessel) ashore | |
leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue |